Police block an area near Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, where authorities recovered the bodies of six victims and the suspect. Photograph: Jesse Boily/The Canadian Press via APCanadian police named the suspect in a school and home shooting in British Columbia as 18-year-old local resident Jesse van Rootselaar. At Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, six victims’ bodies were recovered as well as that of the suspect. McDonald said there was no information to suggest any of the victims in the secondary school were specifically targeted. “This doesn’t even feel real.”A screengrab from a video showing students leaving Tumbler Ridge secondary school in British Columbia after the shooting.

Source: The Irish Times February 12, 2026 02:26 UTC