What we know about the Tumble Ridge school shooting in Canada
At least nine people have been killed in a school shooting in a picturesque, isolated town in Western Canada.
Reports from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police say that the shooter, initially described as a brown-haired woman in a dress, has also been found dead after opening fire at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia on Tuesday afternoon.
The school has around 160 to 175 students, according to the district, and is considered the heart of the local community, which itself sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Nine people were killed during a mass shooting on Tuesday afternoon, with at least 7 of the victims being shot to death at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School HARITY (Facebook/Tumbler RidgeLines)
A further 27 people were injured in the attack on the school, although two of the nine victims are believed to have been killed off-campus at a nearby residence.
Although police have not definitively confirmed that the two attacks are linked, the RCMP told reporters that this is currently one of their main lines of inquiry.
The shooter is the tenth death associated with the attack, with police giving the as-yet unnamed person’s cause of death as a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
A further 27 people were injured in the attack on the school, although two of the nine victims are believed to have been killed off-campus at a nearby residence (Facebook/Tumbler RidgeLines)
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