VANCOUVER, Canada (AP) — Ten people are dead after a shooting at a school and a home in remote northern British Columbia.
Canadian authorities say seven people died and more than 25 were injured Tuesday in the shooting at Tumbler Ridge High School. Two other people were found dead in a nearby house, and a woman believed by the police to have been the shooter was also found dead, apparently from a self-inflicted wound.
It was the deadliest attack in Canada since 2020, when a gunman in Nova Scotia killed 13 people and set fires that left nine others dead.
Here’s what you need to know about the shooting:
What happened
Police arrived at the school within two minutes, British Columbia Premier David Eby told reporters. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said that officers found six people dead and more than 25 injured, including two in a life-threatening condition.
The seventh person died while being transported to a hospital, and two others were found dead in a residence that the authorities believe was connected to the attack. A suspect appeared to have died of a “self-inflicted wound.”
Video showed students exiting the school with their hands raised as police vehicles surrounded the building and a helicopter hovered overhead.
Where it happened
Tumbler Ridge, population 2,700, is located in the Canadian Rockies, more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) northeast of Vancouver and close to the provincial border with Alberta. Tumbler Ridge Secondary School has 175 students in Grades 7 to 12, according to the provincial government website.
Mayor Darryl Krakowka called the community a “big family.”
“It failed,” said Krakowka. “I’ve lived here for 18 years. I probably know every one of the victims.”
Who is responsible
Investigators have identified a female suspect but have not released her name. They said that the motive is still unclear, and the police are still investigating the link between the shooter and the victims.
The response of the prime minister
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has suspended a planned trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Munich, Germany.
In a post on social media he said he was devastated by the shooting.
“I join Canadians in mourning those whose lives have been irreversibly changed today, and in gratitude for the courage and selflessness of first responders who risked their lives to protect their fellow citizens,” he wrote.
Canada has strict gun laws
Canada’s government has responded to previous mass shootings with gun control measures. It banned more than 2,500 makes and models of assault-style firearms from May 2020, and a national freeze on the sale and purchase of firearms went into effect in October 2022.
More than 12,000 assault-style weapons were collected and destroyed as part of a compensation program for businesses that ran between November 2024 and April 2025, according to government officials. A similar program for individuals opened last month to compensate gun owners who voluntarily turn in banned weapons by March 31.
Those who do not participate must dispose of or permanently deactivate their prohibited weapons before an amnesty period ends on October 30.