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OnlinePoker

(6,112 posts)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:20 PM 10 hrs ago

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 10 hrs ago OP
This is devastating to any community, anywhere. They believe the suspect was a female? Deuxcents 10 hrs ago #1
Vibes to the victims and their loved ones.... to the whole town. applegrove 10 hrs ago #2
34 people! How awful! True Dough 10 hrs ago #3
In CANADA, of all places?! buzzycrumbhunger 10 hrs ago #4
Looking at a list in Wikipedia, some 79 mass shootings in Canada since 2001 . . . Journeyman 9 hrs ago #5
Yes..too easy access to guns Deuxcents 9 hrs ago #7
Canada has to deal with gun running from the US Old Crank 8 hrs ago #11
There's a high rate of gun ownership in Canada... regnaD kciN 9 hrs ago #6
Yes we have gun ownership but a lot of different guns are banned Bev54 7 hrs ago #13
Odd twist, the dead suspect may have been a woman Brother Buzz 9 hrs ago #8
It's a tiny town. Just heartbreaking. EllieBC 8 hrs ago #9
RCMP detachment of 5 people got there to the school applegrove 8 hrs ago #10
It is difficult to hear about this in Canada and then doubly hard to know Bev54 7 hrs ago #12
Post removed Post removed 7 hrs ago #14
Yes ... Delphinus 1 hr ago #15

Deuxcents

(26,094 posts)
1. This is devastating to any community, anywhere. They believe the suspect was a female?
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:28 PM
10 hrs ago

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

True Dough

(26,142 posts)
3. 34 people! How awful!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:31 PM
10 hrs ago

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

Journeyman

(15,435 posts)
5. Looking at a list in Wikipedia, some 79 mass shootings in Canada since 2001 . . .
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:15 PM
9 hrs ago

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.

Old Crank

(6,776 posts)
11. Canada has to deal with gun running from the US
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 11:49 PM
8 hrs ago

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

regnaD kciN

(27,548 posts)
6. There's a high rate of gun ownership in Canada...
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:21 PM
9 hrs ago

…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.

Brother Buzz

(39,727 posts)
8. Odd twist, the dead suspect may have been a woman
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:28 PM
9 hrs ago

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.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 10:57 PM
8 hrs ago

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

That’s such a huge loss for that town.

Response to Bev54 (Reply #12)

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