Unsealed documents reveal details of RCMP's response, investigation into Tumbler Ridge shooting

Hundreds of pages of court documents detailing the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting have been released, revealing new details about the killer and the response of law enforcement. The shooting, which occurred on February 10, resulted in the deaths of five high school students and a teacher, as well as two family members.

The killer, identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, was known to local officers and had a history of mental health problems and a fascination with firearms, according to a sworn police document. The documents describe Van Rootselaar as "obsessed with guns" and note that they identified as female despite being male.

The victims of the shooting included Kylie May Smith, Ticaria Lampert, Zoey Benoit, Abel Mwansa, Ezekiel Schofield, and educator Shannda Aviugana-Durand, all of whom were killed at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School. The released documents provide a chronology of the day law enforcement responded to the shooting, although much of the information is still being withheld from the public.

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