{
  "id": 12719139,
  "title": "Tumbler Ridge killer decorated guns with transgender flag, chose ‘cute’ outfit for mass murder",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/tumbler-ridge-killer-decorated-guns-with-transgender-flag-chose-cute",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T21:47:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "National Post",
    "slug": "national-post",
    "url": "https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tumbler-ridge-killer-decorated-guns-with-transgender-flag-chose-cute-outfit-for-mass-murder"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A 30-year-old Washington state resident, James Cody Bryant, has been charged in relation to the Tumbler Ridge School mass shooting in February 2026. According to court documents, Bryant had an online relationship with the shooter, Jesse Van Rootselaar, that began three years before the shooting, with daily contact in the six months leading up to it.\n\nThe investigation revealed that Van Rootselaar and Bryant planned the attack, with Bryant accused of giving Van Rootselaar money and advice, and escalating the situation. Van Rootselaar killed eight victims, including her mother and brother at their home, and five students and an educational assistant at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, before taking her own life.\n\nAccording to the National Post, the murder weapons were decorated with transgender iconography. Van Rootselaar allegedly stole firearms and ammunition from her family's gun safe and hid them in her room \"in preparation for a mass shooting.\" The RCMP's criminal investigation into the shooting is ongoing, with investigators making \"substantial progress.\"",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "FBI depicts Tumbler Ridge shooter’s guns, including ‘SKS’ once confiscated by RCMP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fbi-depicts-tumbler-ridge-shooters-guns-including-sks-once-12613885",
        "published": "2026-10-07T08:00:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "FBI depicts Tumbler Ridge shooter’s guns, including ‘SKS’ once confiscated by RCMP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fbi-depicts-tumbler-ridge-shooters-guns-including-sks-once",
        "published": "2026-10-07T08:00:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "FBI depicts Tumbler Ridge shooter’s guns, including ‘SKS’ once confiscated by RCMP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fbi-depicts-tumbler-ridge-shooters-guns-including-sks-once-12627624",
        "published": "2026-10-07T12:31:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Vancouver Sun",
        "title": "Social media companies say they're co-operating in Tumbler Ridge murder probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/social-media-companies-say-theyre-co-operating-in-tumbler-ridge",
        "published": "2026-10-07T19:52:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "Revelation Tumbler Ridge shooting was allegedly planned on Discord comes amidst tech regulation debate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/revelation-tumbler-ridge-shooting-was-allegedly-planned-on-discord",
        "published": "2026-10-07T20:40:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "Tumbler Ridge shooter sought notoriety for school massacre, texts released by FBI reveal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/tumbler-ridge-shooter-sought-notoriety-for-school-massacre-texts",
        "published": "2026-10-07T22:39:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}