FILE: Evidence markers are placed beside shell casings on the street in Surrey, BC, Canada, 7 August 2025

Police said the suspect in the school shooting in remote British Columbia, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was found dead and had a history of mental health contact with police, and that the suspect's mother and stepbrother were also found dead.

A gunman killed seven people at a British Columbia secondary school on Tuesday, while another two people were found dead at a separate location, believed to be connected to the school shooting, police said.

Authorities said that the 18-year-old shooter killed her mother and 11-year-old stepbrother before heading to the nearby school and opening fire.

The remote Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge is mourning after a mass shooting in killed eight people, mostly children, plus the shooter.

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will attend a vigil on Friday in the remote British Columbia town of Tumbler Ridge, where nine people died in one of the country's worst mass shootings,

At least nine people are dead, including the suspected gunman, after a shooting at a British Columbia high school, police said, with additional victims hospitalized.