Canadian school shooter identified as 18-year-old woman with mental health issues

South China Morning PostEN 1 min read 100% complete by ReutersFebruary 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM

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Canadian police identified Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old woman with a history of mental health issues, as the shooter in a deadly school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday. Van Rootselaar, who died by suicide after the shooting, had been apprehended under the provincial Mental Health Act on multiple occasions. Police had also visited her residence several times due to mental health concerns. The death toll was revised down to nine, including the shooter. While a motive remains unclear, the incident is considered one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history, where school shootings are rare.

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