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Jilly_in_VA

(14,178 posts)
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 01:17 PM Feb 11

Shooter in Canada kills 9 people and injures 25 others at a school and home

A shooting at a school in remote northern British Columbia left seven people dead, while two more were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said Tuesday. A woman believed by police to be the shooter was also found dead, apparently from a self-inflicted wound.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people were wounded, including two who were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School

Tumbler Ridge in the Canadian Rockies is more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) northeast of Vancouver, near the provincial 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.

Police found six people dead, RCMP Superintendent Ken Floyd said. A seventh person died while being transported to a hospital, and two more were found dead at a residence the authorities believe was connected to the attack. A suspect appeared to have died of a “self-inflicted injury.”

https://apnews.com/article/canada-shooting-british-columbia-66b021ac7c75e857885b81dc78a29d05

That was an export they could have done without, Shitler. (BTW, shooter is identified as female.)

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Shooter in Canada kills 9 people and injures 25 others at a school and home (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Feb 11 OP
This is so heartbreaking. pandr32 Feb 11 #1
Looks like a serious mental health event malaise Feb 11 #2
Has the NRA Greg_In_SF Feb 11 #3
Somewhere, no doubt. maxsolomon Feb 11 #4
Way more strict Greg_In_SF Feb 11 #6
I guess I just consider that "reasonable". maxsolomon Feb 11 #7
They're called sensible gun safety regulations... Spazito Feb 12 #11
It's hard to fathom just how isolated Tumbler Ridge is. maxsolomon Feb 11 #5
Apparently they did Jilly_in_VA Feb 12 #8
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Feb 12 #9
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Feb 12 #10

pandr32

(14,064 posts)
1. This is so heartbreaking.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 01:24 PM
Feb 11

I was born in B.C. and have family from all over it. The whole province/country is heartsick and alarmed.

Greg_In_SF

(1,061 posts)
6. Way more strict
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 05:23 PM
Feb 11

than ours. Right VS Privilege just for starters....followed by licensing and registration requirements.

maxsolomon

(38,469 posts)
7. I guess I just consider that "reasonable".
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 05:35 PM
Feb 11

Which makes me a flaming gun-grabber in the US.

Spazito

(55,340 posts)
11. They're called sensible gun safety regulations...
Thu Feb 12, 2026, 05:10 PM
Feb 12

which, to some, seems to be unacceptable for some reason. We have no 'second amendment' to be misused, thank goodness.

maxsolomon

(38,469 posts)
5. It's hard to fathom just how isolated Tumbler Ridge is.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 05:17 PM
Feb 11

It's 7 hours NW of Edmonton.

So many dead, so many injured. The young person (gender TBD) who did this probably killed their parents, too. Just tragic.

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