General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShooter 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.)
pandr32
(14,064 posts)I was born in B.C. and have family from all over it. The whole province/country is heartsick and alarmed.
malaise
(294,658 posts)Greg_In_SF
(1,061 posts)come out to say "See, strict gun laws don't work!!" yet?
maxsolomon
(38,469 posts)But CA doesn't have "strict" gun laws per se.
Greg_In_SF
(1,061 posts)than ours. Right VS Privilege just for starters....followed by licensing and registration requirements.
maxsolomon
(38,469 posts)Which makes me a flaming gun-grabber in the US.
Spazito
(55,340 posts)which, to some, seems to be unacceptable for some reason. We have no 'second amendment' to be misused, thank goodness.
maxsolomon
(38,469 posts)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.
Jilly_in_VA
(14,178 posts)At least their mother. Also a sibling.
LetMyPeopleVote
(177,544 posts)
LetMyPeopleVote
(177,544 posts)