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Updated February 11, 2026 — 2:10pm,first published 1:44pm
Tumbler Ridge: Ten people, including a suspected shooter, are dead after a shooting in the small town of Tumbler Ridge in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Six people were found dead inside a high school, two more people were found dead at a property that police believe is connected to the incident, and another person died on the way to hospital, CBC News said, adding that the suspected shooter had been confirmed dead.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people are injured, including two with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.
RCMP Superintendent Ken Floyd told reporters that investigators had identified the shooter but would not release a name, and that the suspect’s motive remained unclear.
“We are not in a place to understand why or what may have motivated this tragedy,” Floyd said.
He added that police were still investigating how the victims were connected to the shooter.
Floyd said the suspected shooter found dead at the school was the same person described in the active shooter alert sent to phones in the area earlier today.
In the alert, police described the suspect as a woman in a dress with brown hair, CBC reported.
“As part of the initial response to the active shooting, police entered the school to locate the threat. During the search, officers located multiple victims. An individual believed to be the shooter was also found deceased with what appears to be a self‑inflicted injury,” the RCMP said in an earlier statement.
School shootings are rare in Canada.
The town of Tumbler Ridge, which has a population of about 2400 people, is more than 1000 kilometres north of Vancouver, near the border with Alberta.
The Peace River South School District said earlier there was a “lockdown and secure and hold” at both the secondary school and the Tumbler Ridge Elementary school.
Larry Neufeld, the member of the legislature for Peace River South, told reporters at the legislature that an “excess” of resources, including RCMP and ambulance support, have been sent to the community.
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