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 Columbias 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.
Deuxcents
(26,094 posts)The article says the suspect was in a dress with brown hair..
applegrove
(131,148 posts)True Dough
(26,142 posts)It will be interesting to see what sort of firearm was used to perpetrate this horrific crime.
buzzycrumbhunger
(1,749 posts)Journeyman
(15,435 posts)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
(26,094 posts)Old Crank
(6,776 posts)Trump and his ilk are letting gun runners illegally send guns to Canada and Mexico.
regnaD kciN
(27,548 posts)there just arent 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
(13,340 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,727 posts)Police described the suspect as a woman in a dress with brown hair.
No age or identity yet.
EllieBC
(3,639 posts)2400 people and that school only has 175 kids between grades 7-12.
Thats such a huge loss for that town.
applegrove
(131,148 posts)in 2 minutes.
Bev54
(13,340 posts)the shooter was a female
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what happened that made her snap?
