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

Girls Kylie Smith, Zoey Benoit, Ticaria Lampert — all age 12 — and boys Abel Mwansa Jr., also 12, and Ezekiel Schofield, 13, were killed Tuesday afternoon in Tumbler Ridge Secondary School by 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar.

CHILLING details have emerged about Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, the suspected shooter who killed eight and injured 25 at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Canada, one of the nation’s deadliest school massacres.

A risk assessment expert in Sudbury, Ont., says she was shocked when news broke of a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and wonders what was missed to prevent the tragedy. "What do we as a society miss when someone is on that pathway?” said Anna Barsanti, the community co-ordinator for Violent Threat Risk Assessment in Sudbury.

Tumbler Ridge sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, and is surrounded by expansive mountain ranges and a geological park.

The girl was transported to a hospital in "extreme critical condition," but her mother provided a hopeful update.

TUMBLER RIDGE, British Columbia --The motive for a shooting rampage that left nine dead, Canada's deadliest attack in years, remained unclear Thursday. Mourners braved frigid cold late Wednesday to grieve the victims, with Mayor Darryl Krakowka telling them, "It's OK to cry."

Jesse Van Rootselaar, the suspect in the Tumbler Ridge shootings, struggled with drug abuse and mental health issues, his social media profiles show.