Teen injured in stabbing that killed mother, sister now out of hospital

The young woman who survived a vicious stabbing attackthat led to the deaths of her mother and younger sister andwas shot by police trying to stop the suspect is now out of the hospital, a family friend says.

Catherine Ready, 19, was the only one to survive theattack last monthoutside her family's Anoka Street home in Ottawa. Anne-Marie Ready, 50, and 15-year-old Jasmine Ready were killed.

"I was in utter disbelief. I recall the moment [I found out] exactly," saidNaomi Eberhard, who learned of the attack while she was at the Douvris Martial Arts studiowhere she,Anne-Marie and Jasmine all trained together.

A few weeks earlier, the three had all obtained their black belts something they'd been working three years to accomplish, Eberhard said.

"I was in actual shock. And shortly after the shock wore off, I was very angry," Eberhard told CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning.

"These two beautiful women should not have been taken from us."

'Unparalleled strength and courage'

Catherine Ready's mother and sisterwere both stabbed to death the night of June 27 byJoshua Graves, the son of the family's next-door neighbour.

Graves was in the middle of stabbing Catherine Ready near the house when Ottawa police officers arrived.According to the Special Investigations Unit, Ontario's police watchdog, three officers opened fire on the 21-year-old when he refused to drop his knife.

Graves was killed, while Ready already wounded by her assailant was also shot.

Now, Eberhard is part of a pushto raise money for Readyas she recovers from her injuries and grapples with the loss.

According to information passed on by Ready's relatives, shewas discharged from hospital last Wednesday, Eberhard said, and is being cared for by members of her extended family.

Ready is doing "quite well given the circumstances," she added, and is "continuing to show unparalleled strength and courage."

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More than $61,000 had been raised as of Wednesday morning, Eberhard said.

"To lose your mother and your sister at the same time, at the age of 19, is just incredibly overwhelming. Icouldn't imagine going to school, going to work, thinking about how to get groceries," she said.

"Having that financial backing, it will just helpher take steps new steps into her new and unknown life."

According to courthouse records, Graves had been charged three days before the June 27 attack with three counts of criminal harassment, assault and sexual assault for allegedly stalking another woman he went to school with.

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He was released the same day he was charged.

Graves's family has said he had a "romantic" interest in one of the victims. He also had a history of mental illness, they said, and was beginning to get medical treatment at the time of the attack.