Remote community grieves the 8 killed in Canada’s deadliest attack in years
The shooter killed eight people, mostly children, at her home and school before dying by suicide; 25 others were injured, officials said.
- A remote Canadian town is grieving the 8 victims of a mass shooting, the country's deadliest in years.
- Among the dead were 5 students aged 12-13, including Kylie Smith, remembered as 'the light in our family' by her grieving father.
- The community lacked mental health support, having gone 'months, if not years, without having anybody in mental health services in town.
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Acts of heroism emerge from tragedy of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., murders: B.C. Premier Eby
In the science classroom at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday, teacher Mark Deeley used a chair to block the door when he heard shots and knew his students were at risk. Inside the room, older students comforted younger ones, offering snacks and telling jokes to mask the fear of what was hap...
‘No easy way out’: Survivor of Canada’s deadliest school shooting on coping and the healing process
A survivor of Canada’s deadliest school shooting says the grieving community of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where a shooter killed six school-aged children and two adults on Tuesday, has a long healing journey ahead of it, but it isn’t without hope.
What we know about the victims killed in one of Canada’s worst ever school shootings
Tumbler Ridge is the type of town where everyone knows everyone. And as the tiny mountain community reels from one of Canada’s worst school shootings in decades, it is the type of place where “everybody’s going to be grieving,” as its mayor Darryl Krakowka said.
Remote community grieves the 8 victims killed in Canada’s deadliest attack in years
Authorities said the 18-year-old alleged shooter, identified as Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed her mother and 11-year-old stepbrother before heading to the nearby Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and opening fire, killing five children and an educator before killing herself.
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