Nine people have been killed and 25 injured in related shootings at a school and home in western Canada, police say
Seven were fatally wounded at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, while the other two victims were found at the nearby residence – authorities have not given their names or ages
The suspect was also found dead with a self‑inflicted injury, according to officials
Authorities say they know the attacker’s identity but have not revealed their name and gender – earlier, a shelter-in-place alert described the suspect as a “female in a dress with brown hair”
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is “devastated” by “today’s horrific shootings”, as he suspended a planned trip to Germany
Police have not identified the type of gun used in the attack
A student from Tumbler Ridge Secondary School has spoken to CBC Radio West about being “barricaded” in a classroom during the fatal shooting.
Darian Quist, a grade 12 student, says he got to class at 13:30 local time when an alarm went off in the hallways with instructions to close the doors for a lockdown.
Quist tells the news outlet that the doors were closed for a while before he and his classmates realised something was wrong. He says he was receiving photos on his phone from the scene.
Quist and his classmates “got tables and barricaded the doors” for over two hours until police arrived to escort them out of the school, he tells CBC.
