Canadian police said mass shooter in the second deadliest school shooting in Canadian history that left 10 people dead, is a transgender teenager,

Jesse Strang, 18,, opened fire in the library at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia on Tuesday afternoon

Fatalities include a 39-year-old female teacher, three 12-year-old female students, and two male students, ages 12 and 13

Strang killed his mother Jennifer Strang, 39, and stepbrother Emmett, 11, at their home beforehand

Born Jesse Van Rootselaar, the biological male began identifying as a girl six years ago, and dropped out of school four years ago, aged 14

In the past seven years there have been multiple call-outs to his home related to his mental health, Canadian police said

School mass shooter, transgender teen Jesse Strang, [seen at a gun range], was described as a ‘gun person’. Born Jesse Van Rootselaar, the biological male began identifying as a girl six years ago. On Tuesday he killed 9 people, injured 27, before taking his own life.

A gunman who murdered nine people in the second deadliest school shooting in Canadian history is a transgender tearaway who also killed his mother and brother. 
Transgender teen Jesse Van Rootselaar, who adopted the name Jesse Strang when he transitioned, opened fire in the library at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia on Tuesday afternoon.
The people killed at the school included a 39-year-old female educator, three 12-year-old female students, a 12-year-old male student and a 13 year-old male student.
One victim was found in a stairwell. The others were found in the school library, police said.
Prior to the school rampaged, 18-year-old Strang killed his mother Jennifer Strang, 39, and 11-year-old stepbrother Emmett at their home. A young female family member went to a neighbor, who called police.
With officers arriving at the school two minutes after the initial call, shots were fired in their direction.
Strang was found dead inside the school, reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot injury. Officers recovered a long gun and a modified handgun.

Screen capture from Youtube channel connected to transgender teen, Jesse Strang, Now deleted, the YouTube account was created on Nov. 25, 2018, under the name “jesseboy347 strang,” later renamed “JessJessUwU.” The updated profile listed the pronouns she/her

27 people were injured at the school Two wounded victims who were airlifted to hospitals are in “critical but stable” condition, police.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Wednesday said Strang was an18-year-old biological male, Jesse Van Rootselaar, who it is understood adopted his mother’s name, Strang, socially and at school after his transition. 
Jesse who began identifying as female six years ago, aged 12. Four years ago she dropped out of the same school at the age of 14.
In the past seven years there have been multiple call-outs to his home related to his mental health, an RCMP spokesperson said.

12-year-old student Maya Gebala is the only survivor identified so far in Tuesday’s school shooting in Tumble Ridge, BC. One of 27 injured, Maya was shot in the head and neck, she is receiving urgent medical treatment at a hospital in Vancouver, her family said 

12-year-old Kylie May [photo], has been identified as one of the fatalities of Tuesday’s shooting

On one of those police call outs two years ago, legal firearms were seized from the home. However, the lawful owner got them back after petitioning to have them returned. The most recent police call to the residence was in the spring of 2025.
Strang was described as a ‘gun person’ by police. Raised in a family that valued hunting, Strang learned to shoot rifles from a young age. Guns were kept in the home. Going by Jennifer Strang’s posts on Facebook, her son had behavioral issues and violent tendencies early on in life.
Online sleuths uploaded screen capture from a Youtube channel purportedly connected to transgender teen, Jesse Strang.

Unconfirmed reports say this is an image of transgender school mass shooter Jesse Strang

Now deleted, the YouTube account was created on Nov. 25, 2018, under the name “jesseboy347 strang,” later renamed “JessJessUwU.” The updated profile listed the pronouns she/her.
Another screen capture of a social media post by Jennifer Strang appears to confirm that the account where images of Jesse have been culled from, indeed have been associated with her son.

This post by Jennifer Strang appears to confirm that the account where images of Jesse have been culled from, indeed have been associated with her son

ten people died and a total of 27 people were injured in Tuesday’s multi-location mass shooting. However, other than the shooter, only one fatality and one of the survivors have been identified by their families.
12-year-old Kylie May was killed while Maya Gebala, also 12, who was shot in the neck and head is currently being treated in hospital.
Strang is also believed to have used she/her pronouns on his since-deleted social media accounts. 
Locals said Strang was a ‘quiet kid’ who was often seen ‘sitting by himself in the corner’. His mother Jennifer and younger brother were well known in the quiet rural community.

Circulating videos show the students being were led out of as first responders rushed to the school within minutes of reported shooting 

Among the at least two dozen children and teachers injured in the attack is 12-year-old Maya Gebala who was shot in the head and neck. Maya’s family said she was hit by shrapnel during the shooting.
Her mother Cia Edmonds said she was by her critically wounded daughter’s bedside after she was airlifted to Vancouver Children’s Hospital.
‘Today started as any other. Now, however, my 12-year-old daughter is fighting for her life while they try to repair the damage from a gunshot wound to the head, and one to the neck,’ she said in a Gofundme page which within hours had raised $118,161 of the $140,000 target.
‘She was a lucky one, I suppose. Condolences to the other families during this tragedy. This doesn’t even feel real.
‘I never thought I would be asking for prayers… but please, please pray for my baby.’

Seven students at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School were shot dead on Tuesday afternoon, with two other people also found dead at a residence in Tumbler Ridge, before the shooter killed herself at the school – Police

An emergency alert was issued to Tumbler Ridge residents around 1.20pm Tuesday, warning of an active shooter in the area.
An urgent alarm sounded in the hallways an hour later instructing students and staff to go on lockdown and barricade the doors.
Tumbler Ridge, a picturesque mountain valley town in the foothills of the Rockies about 736 miles north of Vancouver. Population 2,400.
The school, which with a combined population of 175 students in the high school and elementary school sections, will be closed for the rest of the week.