Suspect in Canada shooting is identified as an 18-year-old with history of police visits to her home

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By JIM MORRIS and ROB GILLIES
Updated 6:27 AM CST, February 12, 2026
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The suspect in a school shooting in Canada was an 18-year-old who had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the attack that killed eight people in a remote part of British Columbia.

Police said Jesse Van Rootselaar was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted wound following the assault on a school in the small mountain community of Tumbler Ridge.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Van Rootselaar first killed her mother and stepbrother at the family home before attacking the nearby school. She had a history of mental health contacts with police, he said.

The motive was unclear.



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[Fla Dem]

1. Always a tragedy. Such a shame.

[Beringia]

2. They say that the shooter killed her mother and step-brother also

I wonder if the police will talk to the father at some point

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

[JI7]

3. Where or how did she get a gun ?

[Jose Garcia]

4. Very unusual for a mass shooter to be a female

[Deep State Witch]

5. Blame It On Being Trans

Of course, the nutjobs are blaming it on the shooter being a trans person.

[Miguelito Loveless]

6. Is she trans?

[Deep State Witch]

7. Unfortunately, yes

According to CNN:
Suspect identified: The suspect is an 18-year-old woman who had dropped out of the school about four years ago, police said. She was born biologically male and transitioned about six years ago, police said. Officers had visited her residence several times due to mental health concerns.