"VANCOUVER, British Columbia A shooting at a school in British Columbia left seven people dead, while two more were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said Tuesday. A woman who police believe to be the shooter also was killed. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people are injured, including two who were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School."
"School shootings are rare in Canada. The town of Tumbler Ridge in the Canadian Rockies is more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) north of Vancouver, near the border with Alberta. The provincial government website lists Tumbler Ridge Secondary School as having 175 students from Grades 7 to 12. British Columbia Premier David Eby told reporters that police officers reached the school within two minutes. A video showed students walking out of the school with their hands raised as police vehicles surrounded the building and a helicopter circled overhead."
Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia experienced a mass shooting that left multiple people dead and more than 25 injured, including two airlifted with life-threatening injuries. Police found six people dead at the school, an eighth person died while being transported to hospital, and two more were discovered at a nearby home believed to be connected to the attack. Authorities identified a female suspect who also was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted injury; the motive remains unclear. Officers arrived within two minutes, students evacuated with hands raised, and the small town of 2,700 is grieving.
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