JFC. .another school shooting. .Canada. 10 dead, including shooter.

[niyad]

Sorry, this just came across my Guardian news. A school called Tumbler Ridge.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. Rightwingers are hoping to make this an anti trans issue

Sigh...

[ForgedCrank]

5. There is

already a rumor flying around about a suspect. Doesn't appear to be official at this point so I'm highly skeptical for now

[lame54]

2. Population 2400...

Over 1% of the residents shot
Devastating to this little town

[MustLoveBeagles]

3. That's terrible 😔

[leftstreet]

4. Horrible

[Beringia]

6. The shooter was 18 year old Jesse Van Rootselaar and they shot their mother and stepbrother too

According to police, the shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, arrived at a Tumbler Ridge secondary school on Tuesday afternoon, armed with a long gun and a modified handgun. The shooter opened fire on staff and students, killing one teacher and five students, whose ages ranged from 12 to 13.

Police arrived within two minutes of the shooting and were fired upon. When they entered the school, they found the victims in a stairwell and a classroom. The body of the shooter was also found.

Police later visited the family home and found Van Rootselaar’s mother, 39, and 11-year-old step-brother dead from gunshot wounds.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/11/tumbler-ridge-canada-shooting-school-mark-carney