"One adult educator and five students aged 12-13 were found dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, police said. At least 25 others were injured. Van Rootselaar's mother and stepbrother were found dead at the shooter's family home. Both are believed to have been shot and killed by Van Rootselaar prior to her rampage at the school. Police say Van Rootselaar was a former student at the school but dropped out four years ago."
"She was identified among the dead in the school's library, where all but one of the victims at the school were shot and killed.According to an RCMP spokesman, local police visited the suspected shooter's home on several occasions over several years. The visits included mental health assessments under provisions in Canada's Mental Health Act. Firearms were also the subject of at least one call to the family's home. A number of weapons were seized but later returned to the rightful owner, according to police."
Canadian authorities identified the suspected shooter in Tumbler Ridge as 18-year-old trans woman Jesse Van Rootselaar. Nine people died, including an adult educator and five students aged 12–13 at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, and Van Rootselaar's mother and stepbrother at the family home. At least 25 people were injured. Van Rootselaar was found dead among the victims in the school's library. Local police had visited the family home on several occasions for mental health assessments under Canada's Mental Health Act, and police once received a firearms-related call; weapons had been seized and later returned to the rightful owner.
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