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.

Eight people, including six children, were killed in a deadly mass shooting that rocked Tumbler Ridge, a small, close-knit community located in British Columbia. Among those killed Tuesday are Abel Mwansa Jr. and Kylie May, both 12, according to their families. Police are yet to release the victims’ identities.

As Canada woke up Wednesday morning to the aftermath of one of the country’s deadliest shootings, crucial questions remained unanswered about what unfolded a day earlier in the small, close-knit and remote community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.