Ten people died, including a suspected shooter, in an attack this Tuesday on a secondary school in a small town in the northeast of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced.
According to Ken Floyd, RCMP district superintendent, seven people were found dead inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, including the suspected shooter, and one died on the way to hospital. Two other people were found dead in a residence, he added in a virtual interview with the media.
Another 25 people were injured, with non-life-threatening injuries, according to an RCMP statement.
Police “ended the emergency alert in Tumbler Ridge”, considering there were “no fleeing suspects or threats to the public”, provincial authorities reported.
According to initial police statements, the first alert received early Tuesday afternoon concerned an active shooter at Tumbler Ridge High School.
Upon arriving at the scene, law enforcement discovered, upon searching the establishment, seven people who had been shot dead, including the suspected shooter.
An eighth person injured in a shooting at the school died during transport to the hospital.
Police later “identified a second location, presumably related to the incident, where two additional victims were found dead in a residence,” according to a statement.
“It was a situation that evolved quickly and dynamically, and the quick cooperation of the school, first responders and residents was crucial to our intervention,” said Floyd, who declined to give details about the shooter.
Tumbler Ridge, a small mountain town, has a population of around 2,400 people and is located more than 1,000 kilometers northeast of Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia.
The provincial government’s website indicates that Tumbler Ridge Secondary School has 175 students in grades 7 to 12.
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