The RCMP has released an image of Jesse Van Rootselaar, the shooter responsible for the attack earlier this week in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Investigators are examining Van Rootselaar’s personal history as they seek to determine what led to the violence.
Mounties are set to provide an update on their investigation into the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., Friday afternoon.
Commanding officer of the B.C. RCMP, Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald, is scheduled to speak at 1:15 p.m. local time from Tumbler Ridge Town Hall.
Eight people were killed in the shooting at a school and home in the small northeastern B.C. community on Tuesday, the majority of them children, and many more were injured.
The victims include five Tumbler Ridge Secondary School students: 12-year-olds Kylie Smith, Zoey Benoit, Ticaria Lampert, and Abel Mwansa Jr. and 13-year-old Ezekiel Schofield. The shooter’s mother, 39-year-old Jennifer Jacobs, and stepbrother, 11-year-old Emmett Jacobs, were also killed.
The suspect, identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, is believed to have taken her own life at the scene.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and the leaders of Canada’s major federal parties are expected to attend a vigil in Tumbler Ridge Friday evening to mourn the lives lost.