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On Feb 11, 2026, David Dalton wrote
(in article<0001HW.2F3D49C804D4717630B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org>):

> On Feb 11, 2026, David Dalton wrote
> (in article<0001HW.2F3C3F8F04960BFC30B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org>):
>
> > My sincerest condolences to the families and friends of those
> > killed in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting today, plus I wish
> > a speedy recovery to those who were injured.
> >
> > For those who haven’t heard the news yet, there has been
> > a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC, Canada, a community
> > of about 2400 about 1200 km NE of Vancouver. Six victims
> > were killed at the high school, and two at another location,
> > and one died on the way to (or at?) the hospital. The shooter
> > also died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In addition,
> > twenty-five more people suffered injuries, some critical,
> > and are now receiving medical attention.
>
> The latest news is that the shooter was an 18-year-old
> who dropped out of school four years ago, and
> was a trans woman who had previously had interactions
> with the police and had been detained at least once
> until the mental health act. But hopefully nobody will

under the mental health act

> use this to justify any bias against trans people or
> against anyone suffering from a mental illness.

both of whom are more often victims than perpetrators
of violence.

> Also the report that one died on the way to the hospital
> was incorrect. Nine died, including the shooter by
> suicide, also her mother and stepbrother at their
> home before the school shooting began, and
> five children ages 12--13 and a 39-year-old educator
> at the school. And 27 were injured, not all by gunshots,
> and 25 were triaged at the local clinic while two were
> air-lifted to hospital and are in critical but stable condition.

The police have not found a motive yet, but perhaps the
shooter was bullied and that may have led to this
tragic incident.

-- 
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
“And now the angry morning; Gives the early signs of warning; You must
face alone the plans you make; Decisions they will try to break” (S.McL.)

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