A Canadian transgendered male who transitioned to female has killed 9 people and injured 25 more others, with the bulk of the killings and injuries happening at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. The school is a few minutes outside of Vancouver, Canada.
The police were there within 2 minutes, but the shooter had already killed 7 people at the school, then he killed himself. The school was not armed. Citizens are not allowed to effectively possess guns for self-defense in Canada anymore. Read more about this shooting, including how the media tried to call the shooter a female instead of a transgendered male, on pg. 2 in our report, “Trans Canada Terror.”
Shootings at school and home in British Columbia leave 10 dead, including shooter – japantoday.com
A shooting at a school in British Columbia left eight dead including a woman whom police believe to be the shooter, while two more people were found dead at a nearby home, Canadian authorities said Tuesday.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said more than 25 people are injured, including two who were airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries, after the shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.
School shootings are rare in Canada.
The town of Tumbler Ridge is more than 1,000 kilometers north of Vancouver, near the border with Alberta. The provincial government website lists Tumbler Ridge Secondary School as having 175 students from Grades 7 to 12.
British Columbia Premier David Eby told reporters that police officers reached the school within two minutes.
