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18-Year-Old Jesse Van Rootselaar Identified as Tumbler Ridge School Shooter
The 18-year-old suspect killed eight people, including a teacher and five students, and wounded more than 25, police said. The suspect had a history of mental health contacts.
- 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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Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is in mourning today a day after 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar shot and killed eight people at a residence and nearby school before turning the gun on herself. Follow for live updates.
Who is Jesse Van Rootselaar? What we know about the Tumbler Ridge school shooter
Canadian authorities have identified 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar as the person responsible for one of the deadliest school shootings in the country's recent history, a rampage that left nine people dead, including the shooter.
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