Police block off an area around the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Jesse Boily/The Canadian Press/APPolice identified the alleged shooter in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, as Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old female resident of the town who had “dropped out of school approximately four years ago.”Van Rootselaar “was not currently attending school,” Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald told reporters Wednesday. Authorities found her dead, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, in the school. There is no information that suggests Van Rootselaar experienced “bullying” at school related to her transition, McDonald said. McDonald said that the two were found in a residence after the school shooting, when a young female relative alerted a neighbor.

Source: CNN February 11, 2026 15:57 UTC