US Edition18-Year-Old Jesse Van Rootselaar Identified as Tumbler Ridge School Shooter
- 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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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,…
Suspect in Canada mass shooting ID’d as 18-year-old with history of police visits to her home
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Jesse Van Rootselaar first killed her mother and stepbrother at the family home before attacking the nearby school.
CONFIRMED: Canada School Shooter who Killed 9, Injured 25 Identified as Transgender Ex-Student Despite Officials' Attempts to Hide Biological Gender
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald (left), trans shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar (right) – photo via The Post Millenial The suspect who opened fire on a school in British Columbia on Tuesday afternoon has been identified as biological male 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, a transgender ex-student at the school who began transitioning at approximately 12 years old. Notably, this comes just months after a transgender …
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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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