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

[Kaley Smith]

You can post your condolences to the people of Tumbler Ridge on this British Columbia government site: Common Hosted Forms Service

 

[Dotta]

" 'No words that capture the horror’: ​

small Canada town shattered by mass school shooting.​

Remote coalmining community of Tumbler Ridge struggles to make sense of attack that has left Canada in shock.

'There are no words in the English language
that capture the horror of what happened',
said provincial lawmaker.

A town councillor whose wife is a teacher at the school, said
his 'heart and soul are heavy'
as residents struggled to make sense of the tragedy.

'I cannot stop thinking about the children, the teachers, and the first responders
who had to live through such a terrifying experience.
Like many in our community,
I felt the fear,
the kind that sits in your heart and soul that doesn’t let go.
The fear that I lost a loved one.
It is something
none of us should ever have to experience'.”

‘No words that capture the horror’: small Canada town shattered by mass school shooting

Remote coalmining community of Tumbler Ridge struggles to make sense of attack that has left Canada in shock

www.theguardian.com

 

[Skigh]

Trans shooter who went on rampage in school seen for first time

Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, opened fire in the library at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia on Tuesday afternoon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The transgender gunman who murdered his mother and brother before killing six people in the second-deadliest school shooting in Canadian history is seen happily gripping a rifle in a disturbing photo.

Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, opened fire in the library at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia on Tuesday afternoon.

A female teacher was killed, alongside three girls and two boys aged between 13 and 17.

 

[Yellowbelly]

Trans shooter who went on rampage in school seen for first time

Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, opened fire in the library at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia on Tuesday afternoon.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The transgender gunman who murdered his mother and brother before killing six people in the second-deadliest school shooting in Canadian history is seen happily gripping a rifle in a disturbing photo.

Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, opened fire in the library at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia on Tuesday afternoon.

A female teacher was killed, alongside three girls and two boys aged between 13 and 17.

Isn't the real issue here that the police seized the guns at the property, presumably the mother's, but then gave them back, even through somebody resident at the property had gone through the Canadian equivalent of being sectioned.

 

[MistyWaters]

Isn't the real issue here that the police seized the guns at the property, presumably the mother's, but then gave them back, even through somebody resident at the property had gone through the Canadian equivalent of being sectioned.

Do we know if police had the right to refuse the return of the guns for that reason because without knowing that it can’t be assumed they had any options. Considering it’s the gun owners responsibility to safety and security store guns, I’m not so sure that possible mental health issues involving other family members living in the same household would be a factor considered by police but it would be interesting to know the answer for sure.

JMO