US Edition18-Year-Old Jesse Van Rootselaar Identified as Tumbler Ridge School Shooter
The shooter killed family members before attacking the school, leaving nine dead and about 25 injured in one of Canada’s deadliest shootings, police said.
- On Feb. 11, 2026, police named Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18-year-old suspect, who was found dead by apparent suicide after the Tumbler Ridge attack that killed nine people.
- Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said police had attended the family residence multiple times for mental health concerns and the suspect first killed a 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old stepbrother.
- At the school, officials reported more than 25 wounded, including two with life-threatening injuries airlifted for care, and seven people killed, including a woman teacher, three 12-year-old female students, and two male students aged 12 and 13.
- The government ordered flags on all government buildings to be flown at half-mast for seven days and closed schools for the rest of the week, as Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to the shooting.
- In context, school shootings are rare in Canada, which has stricter gun laws and recently broadened a ban on assault weapons; officials compared the attack in Tumbler Ridge, population 2,700, to Nova Scotia 2020 rampage and Ecole Polytechnique 1989.
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Identified by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, was known to law enforcement for mental health concerns. The motive remains unknown for the time being.
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Canada school shooting: Chilling images of Tumbler Ridge killer Jesse Van Rootselaar holding a rifle surface online
Two days after an 18-year-old carried out a deadly shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, disturbing photos surfaced online. The suspect allegedly killed family members before attacking a school, leaving several dead and over 25 injured. Authorities say the motive remains unclear.
The suspected person of the Tumbler Ridge killing, who killed eight people in the west of the country, is an 18-year-old woman whose motive the police are trying to understand.
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