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The female suspect died by apparent self-inflicted injury after killing nine others at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and a nearby home, with over 25 injured, police said.
- On Tuesday, RCMP said an active shooter attacked Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, killing 10 and injuring more than 25; a woman described as the suspected shooter was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted wound.
- Tumbler Ridge is a remote village in the Canadian Rockies with 2,700 residents, and Tumbler Ridge Secondary School serves around 160 students amid Canada's strict gun-control framework.
- Police said they received a call about an active shooter at approximately 1:20 p.m., and officers reached Tumbler Ridge Secondary School within two minutes, evacuating about 100 students and issuing alerts describing the suspect.
- Both schools and the Northern Lights College campus will remain closed this week as families await confirmations, Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka said `I broke down`, and flags are flown at half-staff, officials said.
- Investigators have deployed additional RCMP Major Crime Unit officers and continue searching homes, following all leads while drawing on lessons from the 2020 Portapique massacre.
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Bishop in British Columbia calls for prayer after mass shooting that ‘has traumatized us all’
TUMBLER RIDGE, British Columbia (OSV News) — On the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes — the Church’s World Day of the Sick — Bishop Stephen Jensen of Prince George called the people of northern British Columbia to prayer and penance following a mass school shooting that took place midday Feb. 10 in Tumbler Ridge. “The unimaginable tragedy that struck the community of Tumbler Ridge yesterday has traumatized us all,” Bishop Jensen said in a statement r…
In the Canadian province of British Columbia, at least eight people have been killed by gunshots at a small town school. Among the dead is said to be the alleged Sagittarius.
9 killed in shootings at British Columbia high school and nearby home; suspect identified as woman
Nine people were killed Tuesday in shootings at a high school and a nearby residence in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, authorities said, in one of Canada's worst mass shootings in recent years.
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