{"id":481718,"date":"2026-02-17T23:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/481718\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:26:13","slug":"tumbler-ridge-school-shooting-victim-set-to-hopefully-return-home-soon-from-vancouver-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/481718\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumbler Ridge school shooting victim set to hopefully return home soon from Vancouver hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the surviving victims<\/a> of the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., school shooting<\/a> is hopefully expected to return home soon.<\/p>\n

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Paige Hoekstra, 19, was shot in the chest and had to be flown to a Vancouver hospital.<\/p>\n

She underwent surgery last week and in an update posted on her GoFundMe<\/a> on Feb. 16, her family said doctors are now confident it is safe to bring Paige home to Tumbler Ridge.<\/p>\n

They are now working out the logistics of trying to get her home and talking to her doctors, the family said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur family is so incredibly lucky to be able to share this little bit of good news with everyone who was worried for Paige,\u201d the update read.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the other families affected, if there is ANYTHING our family can do to support you, even just a shoulder to cry on, please let us know. It\u2019s the least we could do to help support our community through this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another surviving victim of the mass shooting, 12-year-old Maya Gebala, remains at BC Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

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Her mother remains by her side, but Maya\u2019s prognosis is still a delicate one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the gravity of what\u2019s happened has finally sunk in\u2026 I\u2019ve been staring at my sweet Maya moon for the past 6 days,\u201d her mom wrote in her GoFundMe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I had a glimmer of hope that she might open her eyes\u2026 maybe she would recognize me..<\/p>\n

\u201cMy baby is in there.. but how much is left.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her mother said time will only tell.<\/p>\n

My sweet Maya, I miss you,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

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\u201cTo the moon, and all the stars in the sky.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maya tried to lock the library door to save her classmates<\/a> when shots rang out on Tuesday, Feb. 10, around 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

Last week, Maya\u2019s aunt, Krysta Hunt, told Global News that her niece had undergone surgery to repair a brain bleed and she still had a lot of swelling.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe has a bullet in her head, above her left eye, and she has a bullet in her neck,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cThey are not sure if the bullet in her neck went all the way through or not, or if it\u2019s still internal, but they\u2019re leaving it for now to focus on her head.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It has now been one week since the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and the B.C. government says temporary classroom units for students are expected to arrive in the town on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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The Peace River South School District said last week that students will not be returning to the high school and that temporary units will be set up on the grounds of Tumbler Ridge Elementary School.<\/p>\n

It says it will take several days for crews to set them up, with water and heating and for the units to be furnished for students and staff.<\/p>\n

A date has not been set for the resumption of classes.<\/p>\n

Eight people were shot and killed in the shooting.<\/p>\n

Six of those people were students, with the other two being identified as the shooter\u2019s mother and stepbrother.<\/p>\n

The shooter was also found dead of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, RCMP said.<\/p>\n

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