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Nine people were killed and 27 others injured in a shooting at a secondary school and nearby residence in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday, before the suspected gunman was found dead, police said.
The violence unfolded in Tumbler Ridge, a mountain town of about 2,400 residents in western Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said an alert was issued about an active shooter at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday afternoon.
The RCMP disclosed that officers discovered six people dead inside the school, while the seventh victim, with a gunshot wound, died while being transported to the hospital.
Police later found two additional bodies at a residence in Tumbler Ridge that they said are “believed to be connected to the incident.”
At the school, “an individual believed to be the shooter was also found deceased with what appears to be a self‑inflicted injury,” police said in a statement.
In total, 27 people were wounded. Two sustained serious injuries, while 25 suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the RCMP said.
Canadian media reported that the shooter was female, but authorities declined to confirm details about the suspect’s identity, age or possible motive during a press conference.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was “devastated” by the “horrific acts of violence” and announced he was suspending plans to attend the Munich Security Conference, where he had been scheduled to meet allies for talks on transatlantic defence readiness.
While British Columbia Premier David Eby described the attack as “unimaginable.”
The municipality of Tumbler Ridge said in a statement, “There are no words sufficient for the heartbreak our community is experiencing tonight.”
Darian Quist, a student at the school, told the public broadcaster CBC that he was in his mechanics class when an announcement placed the school in lockdown.
Quist claimed that at first he “didn’t think anything was going on,” but he soon began to receive “disturbing” pictures from inside the school.
“It set in what was happening,” Quist said.
He remained in lockdown for more than two hours until officers entered the classroom and escorted students out.
Mass shootings are rare in Canada. In April, 11 people were killed in Vancouver in a vehicle attack that targeted a Filipino cultural festival.
