Good morning. Tumbler Ridge is waking up to a profoundly changed world after Tuesday\u2019s deadly school shooting. Here is the latest.<\/p>\n
Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n A makeshift memorial near the site of the mass shooting.JESSE WINTER\/The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n Tumbler RidgeA country in grief<\/p>\n The latest<\/p>\n \u2022 RCMP have identified the Tumbler Ridge shooter<\/a> as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, a local resident of the small mining community in northeastern B.C. At a press conference yesterday, Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said police had visited the shooter\u2019s home multiple times over the past few years for mental-health concerns. <\/p>\n \u2022 Police also revised the death toll<\/a> from 10 to nine, including the shooter, correcting information provided on Tuesday. The victims include five students and an educator at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, as well as the shooter\u2019s mother and younger stepbrother.<\/p>\n \u2022 Responding officers \u2013 who arrived at the school two minutes after reports of an active shooter \u2013 recovered a long gun and a modified handgun from the scene. McDonald said there was no indication at this point that anyone at the school had been specifically targeted.<\/p>\n \u2022 \u201cThere\u2019s not a word in the English language that is strong enough to describe the level of devastation,\u201d Larry Neufeld, the MLA for Peace River South, said yesterday after flying into Tumbler Ridge. He added that every first responder involved would have known the victims.<\/p>\n \u2022 Several hundred people gathered for a vigil last night, leaving flowers around a spruce tree fewer than 100 steps from the school. <\/p>\n Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n The high school in Tumbler Ridge yesterday.Jennifer Gauthier\/Reuters<\/p>\n The victims<\/p>\n \u2022 RCMP have not yet released the names of the eight people killed by the shooter. McDonald said the victims at the school include a 39-year-old female educator, three 12-year-old female students and two male students, aged 12 and 13. Most of the victims were found in their school library. <\/p>\n \u2022 McDonald said responding officers then discovered the bodies of the shooter\u2019s 39-year-old mother and 11-year-old stepbrother at their family home. Police believe the incident occurred first. They were called to the residence by a neighbour, who had been alerted by a female youth related to the victims, McDonald said.<\/p>\n \u2022 Maya Gebala, 12, sustained critical injuries in the shooting and was brought to a Vancouver hospital<\/a> for care. Cia Edmonds posted on Facebook that her daughter had suffered gunshot wounds to the head and neck. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t even feel real,\u201d she wrote. As of last night, an online fundraiser for Gebala had received more than $100,000 in donations.<\/p>\n Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n The shooter<\/p>\n \u2022 Police, friends and family said that the shooter was a troubled teenager<\/a> who had received psychiatric treatment in the past and who lived in a home where guns were present. The 18-year-old had not attended school in four years.<\/p>\n \u2022 RCMP said the shooter was born male and began transitioning to female about six years ago. Well before yesterday\u2019s press conference, however, speculation about the shooter\u2019s gender identity spread across social media<\/a>, amplified by Elon Musk on X in a series of false claims.<\/p>\n \u2022 McDonald said police believe the shooter acted alone, and that there were no other suspects. \u201cWe don\u2019t have an idea yet as to motive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n A moment of silence in the House of Commons.David Kawai\/Reuters<\/p>\n The reaction<\/p>\n \u2022 Prime Minister Mark Carney fought back tears as he spoke<\/a> to reporters yesterday morning, telling Tumbler Ridge that \u201cthe nation mourns with you. Canada stands by you.\u201d He cancelled his trip to a security conference in Munich and ordered flags flown at half-mast for seven days.<\/p>\n \u2022 After a moment of silence in the House of Commons, federal party leaders each shared their grief and offered support to the tiny community. Carney will stay in Ottawa, while Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree met with B.C. Premier David Eby in Tumbler Ridge yesterday.<\/p>\n \u2022 World leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French President Emmanuel Macron, sent messages of shock<\/a> and condolence. Canada\u2019s head of state, King Charles III, extended his \u201cdeepest possible sympathy\u201d to the families of the victims. <\/p>\n More from The Globe<\/p>\n \u2022 News: A shop teacher at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School described the anxious hours<\/a> waiting for the lockdown to end. <\/p>\n \u2022 Opinion: Marsha Lederman thanks the people<\/a> who leapt to help on a day of horror.<\/p>\n \u2022 Advice: A child psychologist explains how to talk to kids<\/a> about the Tumbler Ridge shooting.<\/p>\n \u2022 Podcast: Globe reporters Matthew Scace and Alanna Smith speak to The Decibel<\/a> about a community trying to making sense of what happened to its town.<\/p>\n Olympic Games\u2018We just left everything out on that table.\u2019Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are first-time Olympic medalists.Stephanie Scarbrough\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n With their bronze medal, ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier put Canadian figure skating back on the Olympic podium<\/a> for the first time in eight years, after the country was shut out at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. Elsewhere in Milan Cortina, some athletes chose to sweat the small stuff<\/a> while another dragged out his dirty laundry<\/a> instead. For our latest Olympics coverage, go to tgam.ca\/olympics-daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n The WrapWhat else we\u2019re following<\/p>\n At home: Canada would like to see NATO\u2019s new Arctic Sentry mission become permanent as part of a greater focus<\/a> on the North.<\/p>\n Abroad: The U.S. House of Representatives voted to end some of the tariffs<\/a> on Canada \u2013 though even if the resolution passes the Senate, it\u2019ll almost certainly be vetoed by Donald Trump.<\/p>\n Arts: Dawson\u2019s Creek star James Van Der Beek has died at 48<\/a> after a battle with colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n Business: Couche-Tard unveiled a new back-to-basics strategy to boost growth<\/a> in a shaky retail environment.<\/p>\n Planes: Air Canada has ordered eight Airbus A350-1000s<\/a> as part of an expansion of its international network.<\/p>\n