This seize from video reveals college students exiting the Tumbler Ridge faculty after lethal shootings, in British Columbia, Canada, Tuesday Feb. 10, 2026.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A taking pictures at a faculty in British Columbia left seven individuals useless, whereas two extra have been discovered useless at a close-by house, Canadian authorities mentioned Tuesday. A lady who police imagine to be the shooter additionally was killed.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police mentioned greater than 25 persons are injured, together with two who have been airlifted to hospital with life-threatening accidents, after the taking pictures at Tumbler Ridge Secondary Faculty.
Faculty shootings are uncommon in Canada.
The city of Tumbler Ridge within the Canadian Rockies is greater than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) north of Vancouver, close to the border with Alberta. The provincial authorities web site lists Tumbler Ridge Secondary Faculty as having 175 college students from Grades 7 to 12.
British Columbia Premier David Eby instructed reporters that cops reached the varsity inside two minutes.
A video confirmed college students strolling out of the varsity with their fingers raised as police automobiles surrounded the constructing and a helicopter circled overhead.
Police discovered six individuals useless, an announcement mentioned. A suspect appeared to have died of a “self-inflicted injury.” An eighth particular person died whereas being transported to a hospital, and two extra have been discovered useless at a house the authorities imagine was related to the assault.
RCMP Superintendent Ken Floyd instructed reporters that investigators had recognized a feminine suspect however wouldn’t launch a reputation, and that the shooter’s motive remained unclear. He added that police are nonetheless investigating how the victims are related to the shooter.
A map exhibiting the situation of the Tumbler Ridge faculty taking pictures.
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Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka mentioned the entire neighborhood is grieving.
“I broke down,” he mentioned, saying it was “devastating” to be taught what number of had died in the neighborhood of two,700, which he referred to as a “big family.”
“I have lived here for 18 years,” Krakowka mentioned “I probably know every one of the victims.”
The Rev. George Rowe of the Tumbler Ridge Fellowship Baptist Church went to the recreation middle the place the victims’ households have been awaiting extra data.
“It was not a pretty sight. Families are still waiting to hear if it’s their child that’s deceased and because of protocol and procedure the investigating team is very careful in releasing names,” Rowe mentioned. “The big thing tonight was my having to walk away and the families still waiting to find out. It is so difficult. Other pastors and counselors are there so they are not alone.”
Rowe as soon as taught at the highschool and his three kids graduated from there.
“To walk through the corridors of that school will never be the same again,” he mentioned.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney mentioned in a social media publish that he was devastated by the taking pictures in Tumbler Ridge.
“I join Canadians in grieving with those whose lives have been changed irreversibly today, and in gratitude for the courage and selflessness of the first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens,” he wrote.
Carney’s workplace mentioned he’s suspending a deliberate journey to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Munich, Germany. He was set to announce a long-awaited protection industrial technique in Halifax on Wednesday earlier than heading to Europe for the Munich Safety Convention.
Eby, the province’s premier, instructed reporters he had spoken to Carney after what he referred to as the “unimaginable tragedy.”
“I know it’s causing us all to hug our kids a little bit tighter tonight,” he mentioned. “I’m asking the people of British Columbia to look after the people of Tumbler Ridge tonight.”
Canada’s authorities has responded to earlier mass shootings with gun management measures, together with a just lately broadened ban on all weapons it considers assault weapons.
Tuesday’s shootings have been Canada’s deadliest rampage since 2020, when a gunman in Nova Scotia killed 13 individuals and set fires that left one other 9 useless.
