Tumbler Ridge, B.C. will ‘work through this as a family’ after school shooting: mayor | Page 888 | Unpublished
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Publication Date: February 11, 2026 - 12:07

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Tumbler Ridge, B.C. will ‘work through this as a family’ after school shooting: mayor

February 11, 2026
Tumbler Ridge's mayor is asking residents to support each other and lend an ear as the community grieves after a school shooting on Tuesday.


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The deadly mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is reverberating on the other side of the country in the small Newfoundland fishing community where the killer’s mother spent her early childhood and many of their family members still call home. Police have identified Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, as the shooter. Van Rootselaar’s mother, Jennifer Jacobs, 39, and 11-year-old half-brother, Emmett Jacobs, were also found dead Tuesday at the family home in Tumbler Ridge. Van Rootselaar, who identified as a trans woman, then killed six people at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School before dying...
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