Murder of Brampton mother marks third femicide this year: women’s abuse organization

The death of Savannah Kulla, who was shot in a Brampton parking lot, marks the third femicide this year in Peel Region, a local organization says.

Kulla, a mother of four children, was killed in the parking lot of a plaza near Airport Road and Queen Street East on Tuesday. Peel Regional Police called the murder a case of “intimate partner violence.”

Her ex-partner, Anthony Deschepper, 38, died in a police-involved shooting early Wednesday morning in Niagara Region. Deschepper had fled the scene of the shooting with his and Kulla’s one-year-old child, which prompted an Amber Alert. The child was later found safe.

On Friday, the Peel Committee Against Women Abuse said the organization is incredibly saddened and outraged by murder of Kulla at the hands of her ex-partner. Kulla, a mother of four, was described by her mother, Karen, as a devoted mother, PCAWA said.

Kulla’s family and friends started a GoFundMe to support her four children.

“Savannah was a beautiful soul, a loving, devoted mother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, niece, cousin, and friend who adored her four children: Joseph (6), Mathew (5), Kalem (4), and Skyla-Rose (1). They were her pride and joy, the light in every one of her days,” the fundraiser states. “She loved her babies with all her heart and spent every moment she could with them.”

PCAWA said Kulla’s murder is the third femicide to take place in the community in 2025.

“Gender-based violence is an epidemic,” said Andrine Johnson, PCAWA co-chair and CEO of Embrave Agency to End Violence.

“We need immediate and meaningful action to address this epidemic at a systemic level. We share our deepest condolences with Savannah’s family for this absolute tragic loss. We will continue to advocate for the change we need in her memory and the memory of all the other women killed in an act of gender-based violence.”

The committee calls on the provincial government to pass Bill 55, which would require the provincial government to recognize intimate partner violence as an epidemic and create an “implementation committee” to review the 86 recommendations from the 2022 Renfrew County Inquest.

PCAWA is saddened to share that on October 21st, Savannah Kulla was shot and killed by her ex-intimate partner in Brampton.

We mourn this loss as a collective and send our condolences to her family, friends and community.

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— Peel Committee Against Women Abuse (@PCAWA1) October 24, 2025