To all the Canadians here: I’m so sorry. (from an American neighbor who’s also hurting)
Ten people including the shooter are dead after an assailant opened fire at a high school in western Canada on Tuesday in one of the country's deadliest mass casualty events in recent history.
The attack brought to Canada the type of mass shooting more common in the neighboring United States, and was carried out by a shooter described as female, police said.
Six people were found dead inside a high school in the town of Tumbler Ridge, in British Columbia, two more people were found dead at a residence believed to be connected to the incident, and another person died on the way to hospital, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
At least two other people were hospitalized with serious or life-threatening wounds, and as many as 25 people were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
I can't think of a way to say this that doesn't come across as flippant, but I thought this kind of thing only happened here in the States. It seems that this event has shocked the nation a lot...
I can't think of a way to say this that doesn't come across as flippant, but I thought this kind of thing only happened here in the States. It seems that this event has shocked the nation a lot more than it shocks us when it happens, so it's definitely not common.
I admit that I was initially frustrated that there wasn't much info on the shooter. It took a second for me to realize that this is exactly what I've been asking for - don't publicize them. Honestly no names should be shared at all out of respect for the families of the victims as well, which is what was done here. I would still like to know more about the event itself and the leadup to it - was this school specifically targeted, why was it done, did the shooter use a banned firearm, etc, but it's too early to ask for that info and this article did all the rest right.
You are right that the nation is in shock right now, it's very uncommon for something like this to happen here. If I am not mistaken, this is the deadliest school shooting perpetrated in Canada...
You are right that the nation is in shock right now, it's very uncommon for something like this to happen here. If I am not mistaken, this is the deadliest school shooting perpetrated in Canada since the Montreal massacre in 1989.
Thanks for the additional context for comparison. I don't know the stats on mass shootings (Canada or the US), so it makes this even more heartbreaking with more facts.
Thanks for the additional context for comparison. I don't know the stats on mass shootings (Canada or the US), so it makes this even more heartbreaking with more facts.
This is horrific. With the shooter self inflicting their death we will have so few answers. This is going to be so devastating for the tiny community. They're really super far from Vancouver BC,...
This is horrific. With the shooter self inflicting their death we will have so few answers.
Tumbler Ridge, the scene of the shooting, is a remote municipality with a population of around 2,400 people
This is going to be so devastating for the tiny community. They're really super far from Vancouver BC, being on the other side of the Rockies, actually much closer to Edmonton. I hope the community will be supported well by both provinces.
The provincial government website lists Tumbler Ridge Secondary School as having 175 students in Grades 7 to 12.
My heart breaks for these students. Everyone would have definitely not only known the victims, but likely have known them their entire lives since Family Place / preschool / Kindergarten.
Seven days of flags at half mast across the country. Premieres of BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Ontario... everywhere else send condolences. In grief, we are all united as one country. King Charles also reached out. Commonwealth.
Quebec Liberal MP Nathalie Provost, who survived being shot during the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, reacted to the shooting in a social media post saying the shooting shattered the sense of safety in a place that should be about growth and innocence.
"I reflect with profound gravity on the suffering, sorrow, and trauma that such events leave behind — for the victims, their loved ones, and the entire community," Provost said on her Facebook page.
We're fortunate that this type of thing is so rare we have very few survivors. But it also means I don't know how to react at all. I'm kind of a wreck this morning
The individual alleged to be the shooter in the deadly attack at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia has been identified by a close family member as Jesse Strang, according to information obtained by Juno News.
Juno News spoke directly with Russell G. Strang, Jesse Strang’s uncle, who confirmed Jesse was transgender and responsible for the shooting that left 10 people dead, including the suspect. A public YouTube account believed to be owned by Jesse features the transgender flag and uses “she/her” pronouns.
At least ten people are dead and upwards of 25 injured following a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, a small community located 300 km northeast of Prince George.
The suspect, who was also found dead with what appeared to be "self-inflicted" wounds, has been identified by residents as 18-year-old Jesse Strang.
Among those who confirmed to the Western Standard that Strang was the shooter were Liam Irving and Juan van Heerden, both of whom grew up seeing him at school. They'd spoken with eight different people who were at Tumbler Ridge Secondary when the massacre took place.
"He was a couple of years younger than us grades wise," Irving explained. "He was a chill kid, he was alright, but he definitely gave off that, you know, quiet one out kind of kid ... Like, he wasn't, you know, destructive or obnoxious."
Van Heerden echoed his sentiments, labelling Strang "a quiet kid."
"We always seen him by himself," he said, "sitting by himself in the corner, always quiet."
The pair confirmed that Strang identified as transgender.
Before heading to the school, Strang allegedly murdered his mother and younger brother, both of whom were well known in the community.
"My mom was pretty good friends with the mother, Jennifer, and my little brother, who's also on the spectrum, was pretty close to Emmett, the younger boy," Irving said. "There's not one person in this town right now that's not affected by this."
Despite this being a rare anomaly:
According to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA), there were 5,748 mass shootings between Jan 1, 2013 and September 15, 2025 in the U.S. Of that number, there have been five confirmed transgender shooters, GVA told FactCheck.org. That means that transgender individuals were responsible for less than 0.1% of incidents over that time period.
Fucking exhausted of watching the casual misgendering and invalidating of trans identities by the news right before this gets turned as a weapon against trans people.
Fucking exhausted of watching the casual misgendering and invalidating of trans identities by the news right before this gets turned as a weapon against trans people.
It's not there any more, but last night when I looked up Tumbler Ridge on Google Maps to remind myself where it is, there was a pin that read "Tumbler Ridge Active School Shooting". I was already...
It's not there any more, but last night when I looked up Tumbler Ridge on Google Maps to remind myself where it is, there was a pin that read "Tumbler Ridge Active School Shooting". I was already kind of shocked given that this happened relatively close to where I live (a 7-hour drive, but that's not all that much) but that pin really surprised me. I wonder if it's some sort of safety feature or something user-submitted that got removed later.
I know Facebook used to (might still; I don't use mine anymore) have a "check-in" feature for when someone is in a well-known dangerous event like a shooting, where you can indicate to your family...
I know Facebook used to (might still; I don't use mine anymore) have a "check-in" feature for when someone is in a well-known dangerous event like a shooting, where you can indicate to your family and friends that you're okay. I wonder if this is part of something similar.
To all the Canadians here: I’m so sorry.
(from an American neighbor who’s also hurting)
I can't think of a way to say this that doesn't come across as flippant, but I thought this kind of thing only happened here in the States. It seems that this event has shocked the nation a lot more than it shocks us when it happens, so it's definitely not common.
I admit that I was initially frustrated that there wasn't much info on the shooter. It took a second for me to realize that this is exactly what I've been asking for - don't publicize them. Honestly no names should be shared at all out of respect for the families of the victims as well, which is what was done here. I would still like to know more about the event itself and the leadup to it - was this school specifically targeted, why was it done, did the shooter use a banned firearm, etc, but it's too early to ask for that info and this article did all the rest right.
You are right that the nation is in shock right now, it's very uncommon for something like this to happen here. If I am not mistaken, this is the deadliest school shooting perpetrated in Canada since the Montreal massacre in 1989.
Thanks for the additional context for comparison. I don't know the stats on mass shootings (Canada or the US), so it makes this even more heartbreaking with more facts.
This is horrific. With the shooter self inflicting their death we will have so few answers.
This is going to be so devastating for the tiny community. They're really super far from Vancouver BC, being on the other side of the Rockies, actually much closer to Edmonton. I hope the community will be supported well by both provinces.
CBC article
My heart breaks for these students. Everyone would have definitely not only known the victims, but likely have known them their entire lives since Family Place / preschool / Kindergarten.
CBC live updates thread
Seven days of flags at half mast across the country. Premieres of BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Ontario... everywhere else send condolences. In grief, we are all united as one country. King Charles also reached out. Commonwealth.
We're fortunate that this type of thing is so rare we have very few survivors. But it also means I don't know how to react at all. I'm kind of a wreck this morning
It sounds like this is going to be a political firestorm.
https://www.junonews.com/p/exclusive-family-confirms-identity
https://www.westernstandard.news/news/breaking-at-least-7-dead-25-injured-after-female-shooter-opens-fire-in-tumbler-ridge/71081
Despite this being a rare anomaly:
https://glaad.org/debunking-trans-terrorism/
Fucking exhausted of watching the casual misgendering and invalidating of trans identities by the news right before this gets turned as a weapon against trans people.
It's not there any more, but last night when I looked up Tumbler Ridge on Google Maps to remind myself where it is, there was a pin that read "Tumbler Ridge Active School Shooting". I was already kind of shocked given that this happened relatively close to where I live (a 7-hour drive, but that's not all that much) but that pin really surprised me. I wonder if it's some sort of safety feature or something user-submitted that got removed later.
I know Facebook used to (might still; I don't use mine anymore) have a "check-in" feature for when someone is in a well-known dangerous event like a shooting, where you can indicate to your family and friends that you're okay. I wonder if this is part of something similar.