politics
February 12, 2026
Eighteen-year-old suspected of mass murder in Canada, victims include six children
An eighteen-year-old has been named as the suspect in a shooting that killed eight people and injured dozens in British Columbia, western Canada.
TL;DR
- Eighteen-year-old Jesse Van Rutselar is the suspect in a mass shooting in Tamler Ridge, British Columbia, where eight people were killed.
- The victims include six children: three 12-year-old girls, a 12-year-old boy, and a 13-year-old boy. A 39-year-old teacher was also killed at the school.
- Van Rutselar was found dead at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- The shooter's mother and 11-year-old half-brother were found dead in a nearby home.
- The suspect was biologically male but presented as female, which led to an initial police description of the suspect as a "woman in a dress."
- The shooting occurred at the Tamler Ridge secondary school, which has 160 students.
- Police had prior interactions with the suspect's family regarding mental health concerns.
- The suspect had a valid firearms license that had since expired.
- This is the deadliest shooting in Canada since 2020.
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