US Edition18-Year-Old Jesse Van Rootselaar Identified as Tumbler Ridge School Shooter
Jesse Van Rootselaar, age 18, killed eight people including family and students; over 25 injured in one of Canada’s deadliest school 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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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
What We Know About the BC School Shooter So Far
Police have identified 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar as the suspected killer of eight individuals in Feb. 10 shootings at a high school and residence in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. The incident is the second-deadliest school shooting in Canadian history. Neighbours of Van Rootselaar told the Epoch Times that Van Rootselaar was a transgender person with mental health issues. The RCMP confirmed at a Feb. 11 press conference that Van Rootselaar was born…
In the Canadian province of British Columbia, a young woman kills two members of her family before she shoots five children and a teacher at a school. The whole country is in shock. Now the police announce first details.
Motive remains unclear as RCMP releases more details about Tumbler Ridge shootings
A day after a mass shooting left a B.C. community reeling, key questions about the attack — including details about the weapons used — remain unanswered, putting the spotlight on how the RCMP communicates with the public in the hours following a tragedy.
Tumbler Ridge reels as survivors recount ordeal. Shooting leaves 9 dead, including suspect, mother and stepbrother
Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, first killed her mother and 11-year-old stepbrother before heading to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday afternoon and fatally shooting six more people: a 39-year-old teacher, three 12-year-old girls and two boys, ages 12 and 13,…
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