RCMP on Wednesday identified the perpetrator of the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, a transgender female. McDonald added that Van Rootselaar “identified as female both socially and publicly.”He also confirmed that a total of nine people died in the shooting, including Van Rootselaar. The victims included one female educator, three female students and two male students. (There have also been four cases of mass shootings by females in the U.S. since 1982.) Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement“The overwhelming pattern is clear and consistent: mass shootings are committed almost entirely by men,” wrote James Densley, the project’s co-founder and deputy director.

Source: National Post February 11, 2026 21:47 UTC