US Edition18-Year-Old Jesse Van Rootselaar Identified as Tumbler Ridge School Shooter
Jesse Van Rootselaar killed nine people including family and students aged 12-13 before dying by suicide; police noted her prior mental health issues and quick response time.
- 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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After the fatal shootings at a school in western Canada, the police have made public the identity of the alleged perpetrator.The suspect has been identified as an 18-year-old woman, the police reported in the western province of British Columbia. It is now clear that she was herself a resident of the rural town of Tumbler Ridge. However, the motive remains a mystery.The police had been called to the secondary school in the village on Tuesday (lo…
Who was Jesse van Rootselaar, 18-year-old transgender behind Canada's school shooting?
Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, killed her mother and stepbrother before shooting six people at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia. Eight victims died in total; 27 were injured. Police say she acted alone, had prior mental health interventions, and used a long gun and a modified handgun
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Police identify B.C. mass shooter as 18-year-old, say five students and teacher dead
TUMBLER RIDGE — The person behind one of British Columbia's worst mass killings has been identified as an 18-year-old dropout who killed family members at home, then gunned down random students at a school before firing on police and killing herself
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