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Deadly Shooting Rocks Remote Canadian Town: Nine Killed, 25 Injured in Tumbler Ridge School and Home Attacks

Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia — February 11, 2026 — A remote mining community in northeastern British Columbia was shattered on Tuesday afternoon by a mass shooting that claimed nine lives and left at least 25 others injured, marking one of the deadliest school-related incidents in Canada's modern history.

The violence unfolded around 1:20 p.m. local time at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, a high school serving approximately 175 students in the small town of about 2,400 residents near the Rocky Mountains. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) responded swiftly to reports of an active shooter, arriving within minutes and entering the building to neutralize the threat.

Officers discovered six victims deceased inside the school, with a seventh person succumbing to injuries en route to medical care. Two additional bodies were later found at a nearby residence believed to be connected to the incident. The suspected shooter — identified by police as a woman but not yet named — was found dead at the school from what authorities described as a self-inflicted injury.

At least 25 others were triaged and assessed for injuries at local medical facilities, with two individuals airlifted in critical or life-threatening condition. The remaining injuries were reported as non-life-threatening, though the full extent of victims' conditions remained under evaluation as of Wednesday morning.

Survivors recounted terrifying moments of quick thinking amid chaos. Grade 12 student Darian Quist told CBC Radio West that shortly after arriving for class around 1:30 p.m., a lockdown alarm sounded with instructions to close doors. Realizing it was no drill, he and classmates barricaded their classroom doors using tables. "We got tables and barricaded the doors," Quist said, describing the group huddling in place for over two hours before RCMP escorted them to safety.

In another classroom, auto mechanics teacher Jarbas Noronha and 15 students secured their workshop — located away from main entrances — by locking doors and using metal benches as barricades. "We were in the safest part of the school," Noronha told The New York Times, noting they considered escape routes through garage doors leading to the schoolyard if needed.

The community was placed under a shelter-in-place order affecting thousands in the surrounding area, which was lifted hours later. Students emerged from the building with hands raised under heavy police presence, as helicopters hovered overhead.

Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed profound sorrow, stating he was "devastated" by the tragedy. British Columbia Premier David Eby described it as an "unimaginable tragedy" and one of the province's — and nation's — worst mass shootings in recent decades.Investigators continue to probe the shooter's motives and any connections between victims at the school and the residence. No further suspects are being sought, and the RCMP has emphasized that the threat has been contained.

Tumbler Ridge, known for its coal mining heritage and scenic location in the foothills of the Rockies, now grapples with grief and shock. Counseling services have been mobilized for students, staff, and residents as the town mourns what authorities call a profound loss to the close-knit community. Updates from the investigation are expected in the coming days.

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