Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia: 10 confirmed dead, 25 injured in mass shooting (2/10/2026)

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''Here are key updates as they happen:
''Flags at federal buildings will fly at half-mast for the next seven days, a visibly emotional Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Parliament Hill.
“The world is with you,” he said to Tumbler Ridge community members.
He also said several world leaders have reached out to him to offer condolences, including those of Britain, France, India, Finland, Norway, Australia, and “his majesty himself.”
''Condolences poured in from across Canada and beyond, with officials such as Ontario Premier Doug Ford, French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering their sympathies to the victims and their families on social media as news of the attacks spread.

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said “no one should remain indifferent” when children are killed. “Such tragedies should never happen anywhere, in any country in the world,” he wrote.''
 
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Female suspect? That is very unusual for school shootings.
 
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I am, yes. I should have said re: post 33, so my apologies for that. I didn't want to quote the reply because of said photo. But yes, I believe including the photos until there is full confirmation is not a good idea and from everything I have seen, the first photo that was spread about is a transperson from another province and not the person named by the locals. The other X accounts who spread that photo and another one have already walked it back because it was not the same person.

If I am wrong myself, I will walk it back as well.

I saw that. Sean Hannity made a mistake early on and walked it back. Not without taking shots at our country's law enforcement and media :rolleyes:
 
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This article contains a survivor story.

Tumbler Ridge mass shooting: What we know so far

The town has a population of 2400 people, with 160 students registered to the school. In addition to the attack at the school, two more victims were found at a nearby residence.

Canadian police say nine people have been killed in a mass shooting at a school and home in the remote rural community of Tumbler Ridge in the western province of British Columbia.

Another 25 people were injured, and the suspect's body was also found at the scene.
 
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I've been using the word "female" and not girl or woman, because I don't know how old that person was.
 
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DBM
 
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Investigators have identified a female suspect but have not released her name. They said the motive remains unclear, and police are still investigating the connection between the shooter and the victims.

 
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The police briefing did confirm the name. Sorry I don't have a link. But, now it's officialy out there (with different last name than has been previously reported).

jmo
 
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Oh. Interesting. I really don't understand the "pronoun" usage in the article. Referring to perpetrator as "they" and "them" is confusing. Isn’t it appropriate to refer to a Trans female as "she"?

Wasn't the last school shooter also a trans female? Interesting association.

It's probably hard to have half the world hating you for being you. That could lead to dispair and rage.

But, I don't know what happened here.

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  • Police in Canada name the suspect in a school and home shooting in British Columbia as 18-year-old Jesse van Rootselaar
  • They say the suspect was "born as a biological male, who.... approximately six years ago began to transition to female, and identified as female"
  • Eight people were killed and 25 people injured in the attacks at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and a home - police earlier said nine were killed

BBC News - Canada shooting latest: Police name suspect in Canada school shooting as 18-year-old Jesse van Rootselaar
 
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"Who is Jesse Strang?
Mass shooter, 18,
who killed mom Jennifer and brother
before murdering seven at Canadian high school.

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Strang was named by police on Wednesday as
Jesse Van Rootselaar.

It is understood the person used mother's name, Strang, socially and at school."

 
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Shooter’s mother, sibling among victims in Tumbler Ridge shooting.

One woman, previously reported as deceased is actually still alive.

A family member to the shooter told the neighbours about the initial killings, prompting a call to police.

“We were called because a neighbour – there was a young female at that home that went to the neighbour’s – and that’s how we learned there were two deceased at that residence,” RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said.

“The incident at the home occurred first, and from there our suspect attended the school and commenced their criminal activity there, and that’s how we learned there were two deceased at that residence,” McDonald added.
 
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"Who is Jesse Strang?
Mass shooter, 18,
who killed mom Jennifer and brother
before murdering seven at Canadian high school.

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Strang was named by police on Wednesday as
Jesse Van Rootselaar.

It is understood the person used mother's name, Strang, socially and at school."


Wait, aren't those two different people?
 
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No. Same person with a mom who remarried.

imo

Okay, thanks for clarifying. I reported my own post because I thought it referenced the wrong suspect.
 

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