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Tumbler Ridge shooting: nine killed at a school and a home in a remote B.C. town

Nine people were killed in a shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and a nearby home in Tumbler Ridge, a remote community in northern British Columbia, on Tuesday, February 10, The Associated Press reported. Seven died at the school, six found dead by police and one on the way to hospital, and two were found dead at a residence police believe was connected. The shooter, a woman, was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted wound. Police have not released her name, and the motive is unclear.

A Canadian Press timeline, carried by CFJC Today, says the RCMP received a report of an active shooter at 2:20pm and officers entered the building two minutes later. An emergency alert told residents to shelter in place and was cancelled at 6:45pm. Edition.mv, carrying AFP, said 27 people were wounded, two seriously, and quoted a student who was in lockdown for more than two hours.

“A rapidly evolving and dynamic situation.” — RCMP Northern District Commander Ken Floyd, via AFP

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was “devastated” and suspended a planned trip to the Munich Security Conference. AP noted that school shootings are rare in Canada, which has strict gun laws, and called it the deadliest rampage since a 2020 attack in Nova Scotia.

How each outlet framed it

• AP — the toll, the political reaction, and Canada's history of rare mass shootings.
• AFP / Edition.mv — the wounded and the voices of students and the municipality.
• The Canadian Press — a minute-by-minute timeline of the police response.

Where the numbers differ: the RCMP's 7pm update, as used in the CP timeline, counted nine dead in all including the shooter; AP and AFP count nine victims plus the shooter. AP put the town at about 2,700 people, AFP at about 2,400.