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(6,117 posts) Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:20 PM Feb 10

9 dead, 25 injured in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. school shooting

Source: Global News

At least nine people were killed in a school shooting Tuesday afternoon in British Columbia’s Peace region, in which the suspected shooter also ended up dead.

RCMP said there were “multiple victims” from a shooting at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where students attend Grades 7 through 12.

RCMP in Tumbler Ridge issued an emergency alert on Tuesday afternoon for an active shooter following reports of a shooting at a school.

When officers entered the school on Tuesday afternoon, they found six victims dead, RCMP confirmed. Two more victims were found at another location, while another victim died on the way to hospital.
An individual believed to be the shooter was also found dead with what appears to be a self‑inflicted injury.

Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/11662006/tumbler-ridge-school-shooting/

This is going to be devastating to this small community.

Edited with update.

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9 dead, 25 injured in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. school shooting (Original Post) OnlinePoker Feb 10 OP

This is devastating to any community, anywhere. They believe the suspect was a female? Deuxcents Feb 10 #1

Vibes to the victims and their loved ones.... to the whole town. applegrove Feb 10 #2

34 people! How awful! True Dough Feb 10 #3

In CANADA, of all places?! buzzycrumbhunger Feb 10 #4

Looking at a list in Wikipedia, some 79 mass shootings in Canada since 2001 . . . Journeyman Feb 10 #5

Yes..too easy access to guns Deuxcents Feb 10 #7

Canada has to deal with gun running from the US Old Crank Feb 10 #11

Is it known that the gun came from the US? ClaudetteCC Feb 11 #17

No. Old Crank Feb 11 #20

Absurd maxsolomon Feb 11 #19

There's a high rate of gun ownership in Canada... regnaD kciN Feb 10 #6

Yes we have gun ownership but a lot of different guns are banned Bev54 Feb 11 #13

Odd twist, the dead suspect may have been a woman Brother Buzz Feb 10 #8

It's a tiny town. Just heartbreaking. EllieBC Feb 10 #9

RCMP detachment of 5 people got there to the school applegrove Feb 10 #10

It is difficult to hear about this in Canada and then doubly hard to know Bev54 Feb 11 #12

Post removed Post removed Feb 11 #14

Yes ... Delphinus Feb 11 #15

Don't know, we don't even know who she is or what relationship she had Bev54 Feb 11 #18

The right is currently having a field day with this. Lucky Luciano Feb 11 #21

Don't know if that is true at this time, could be?? Bev54 Feb 11 #22

Jesse Van Rootselaar ClaudetteCC Feb 11 #23

The victims Clouds Passing Feb 11 #16

Deuxcents

(26,293 posts)

1. This is devastating to any community, anywhere. They believe the suspect was a female?

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:28 PM

Feb 10

The article says the suspect was in a dress with brown hair..

applegrove

(131,419 posts)

2. Vibes to the victims and their loved ones.... to the whole town.

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:30 PM

Feb 10

True Dough

(26,251 posts)

3. 34 people! How awful!

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:31 PM

Feb 10

It will be interesting to see what sort of firearm was used to perpetrate this horrific crime.

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,782 posts)

4. In CANADA, of all places?!

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:45 PM

Feb 10

Journeyman

(15,436 posts)

5. Looking at a list in Wikipedia, some 79 mass shootings in Canada since 2001 . . .

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:15 PM

Feb 10

two with casualty counts as high as 26 (23 dead in one instance).

For this tragedy, Wikipedia shows a casualty count of 37, with 10 dead so far.

Could be the Canucks are too close to the US kooks.

Deuxcents

(26,293 posts)

7. Yes..too easy access to guns

Reply to Journeyman (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:22 PM

Feb 10

Old Crank

(6,822 posts)

11. Canada has to deal with gun running from the US

Reply to Journeyman (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:49 PM

Feb 10

Trump and his ilk are letting gun runners illegally send guns to Canada and Mexico.

ClaudetteCC

(167 posts)

17. Is it known that the gun came from the US?

Reply to Old Crank (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:34 AM

Feb 11

Old Crank

(6,822 posts)

20. No.

Reply to ClaudetteCC (Reply #17)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 10:37 AM

Feb 11

But Canadian police, and Mexican police, are having to deal with gun running from the US.

I'm not saying the gun used is from an illegal gun purchase.

maxsolomon

(38,481 posts)

19. Absurd

Reply to Old Crank (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 10:34 AM

Feb 11

Canadians love guns almost as much as crazy Gunner Americans. They actually hunt.

regnaD kciN

(27,565 posts)

6. There's a high rate of gun ownership in Canada...

Reply to buzzycrumbhunger (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:21 PM

Feb 10

…there just aren’t as many nutjobs who decide the solution to their problems is to blow away everyone they dislike. But there only needs to be one.

Bev54

(13,375 posts)

13. Yes we have gun ownership but a lot of different guns are banned

Reply to regnaD kciN (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:17 AM

Feb 11

Brother Buzz

(39,790 posts)

8. Odd twist, the dead suspect may have been a woman

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:28 PM

Feb 10

Police described the suspect as a woman in a dress with brown hair.

No age or identity yet.

EllieBC

(3,639 posts)

9. It's a tiny town. Just heartbreaking.

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:57 PM

Feb 10

2400 people and that school only has 175 kids between grades 7-12.

That’s such a huge loss for that town.

applegrove

(131,419 posts)

10. RCMP detachment of 5 people got there to the school

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:31 PM

Feb 10

in 2 minutes.

Bev54

(13,375 posts)

12. It is difficult to hear about this in Canada and then doubly hard to know

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:16 AM

Feb 11

the shooter was a female

Response to Bev54 (Reply #12)

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Delphinus

(12,494 posts)

15. Yes ...

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #12)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:03 AM

Feb 11

what happened that made her snap?

Bev54

(13,375 posts)

18. Don't know, we don't even know who she is or what relationship she had

Reply to Delphinus (Reply #15)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:49 AM

Feb 11

to the school or to the other two people in a house that were shot. In Canada, privacy is strict and we will only find out later when police are ready to release some details.

Lucky Luciano

(11,850 posts)

21. The right is currently having a field day with this.

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #12)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 11:06 AM

Feb 11

Apparently, it was a trans female named Jesse strang.

They will use this to up the pressure on trans elimination.

Bev54

(13,375 posts)

22. Don't know if that is true at this time, could be??

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #21)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 11:13 AM

Feb 11

I will wait for the officials to confirm.

ClaudetteCC

(167 posts)

23. Jesse Van Rootselaar

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #21)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:46 PM

Feb 11

I saw that name on some unfamiliar websites but was waiting for a source I knew better. The name is different.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cr5lnzqdr5pt

Clouds Passing

(7,669 posts)

16. The victims

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:25 AM

Feb 11

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