Deadly mass shooting at high school and home in British Columbia, Canada

World At least 8 killed, dozens injured in shootings at British Columbia high school and home, officials say Updated on: February 11, 2026 / 3:32 PM EST / CBS/AP Add CBS News on Google At least eight people were killed and dozens more injured in shootings at a high school and residence in the northeast part of the province of British Columbia, according to Canadian police. Earlier, they had reported the death toll at nine. The suspected shooter is also dead, officials said. At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Dwayne McDonald, the deputy commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's branch in British Columbia, identified the suspected shooter as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, a resident of the small community where the school is located. The shooter was found dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, McDonald said. He added, "It's important to recognize that this scene is still in its infancy while we gather evidence."The school shooting was first reported at 1:20 p.m. Pacific Time at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, the RCMP said in a news release.Authorities responded to find six people dead inside the school, the RCMP said. Two were male students, three were female students and another was an adult female educator, McDonald said. Several more people from the shooting at the school were airlifted to area hospitals with serious or life-threatening injuries, police said.Officials later said four of the students killed were 12 years old and one was 13. The Free Press: Canada and the U.S. Now Have Something Horrific in Common Police also responded to a second crime scene at a residence that is believed to have been linked to the school shooting, where two more people were found dead, the RCMP reported. McDonald said Wednesday that the deceased, an adult woman and a boy, are believed to be the mother and brother of the suspected shooter. The exact nature of their injuries was not immediately disclosed.McDonald told r...