10 dead in British Columbia school shooting in Canada
A shooting at a school in British Columbia left eight dead, including a woman whom police believe to be the shooter, while two more people were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people are injured, including two who were airlifted to the 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 kilometres (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. They found seven people dead, local police said in a statement, including a suspect who appeared to have died of a “self-inflicted injury.”
An eighth person died while being transported to a hospital, and two more were found dead at a home the authorities believe was connected to the attack. RCMP Superintendent Ken Floyd told reporters that investigators had identified a female suspect but would not release a name, and that the shooter’s motive remained unclear. He added that police are still investigating how the victims are connected to the shooter.
