Canada is in mourning following a tragic shooting in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, where nine people were killed and at least 25 others injured on Wednesday.
The deadly attacks, which took place at both a secondary school and a nearby home, mark one of the nation’s deadliest shootings in decades.
Six victims were found dead inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday, February 10, with a seventh dying en route to the hospital.
Authorities also discovered the suspected shooter at the school, who appeared to have died from a self-inflicted injury. Two additional victims were found at a nearby residence, which police believe is connected to the attacks.
Tumbler Ridge, a remote community of just 2,400 people located roughly 415 miles north of Vancouver, is home to a secondary school with around 175 students. A student told CBC that during the shooting, classmates helped “get tables and barricaded the doors” to protect themselves.
“It felt like I was somewhere that I had only seen across a TV,” Darian Quist, a Grade 12 student, told CBC.
