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A mass shooting in a remote part of western Canada killed nine people on Tuesday, including seven who were shot at a secondary school, before the suspect took their own life.<\/p>\n
The killings occurred in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, a picturesque mountain valley town in the foothills of the Rockies.<\/p>\n
A total of 27 people were wounded, including two with serious injuries and 25 others who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n Canadian media have reported that the shooter was female, but the RCMP declined to provide any details on the suspect\u2019s identity in a press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Police said an alert was issued about an active shooter at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n As police searched the school, they found six people shot dead. A seventh person with a gunshot wound died while en route to hospital.<\/p>\n Separately, police found two more dead bodies at a residence in Tumbler Ridge.<\/p>\n This residence is \u201cbelieved to be connected to the incident\u201d, police said.<\/p>\n At the school, \u201can individual believed to be the shooter was also found deceased with what appears to be a self-inflicted injury\u201d, police said.<\/p>\n In a statement, the municipality of Tumbler Ridge said: \u201cThere are no words sufficient for the heartbreak our community is experiencing tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n Tumbler Ridge student Darian Quist told the public broadcaster CBC<\/em><\/a> that he was in his mechanics class when there was an announcement that the school was in lockdown.<\/p>\n He said that initially he \u201cdidn\u2019t think anything was going on,\u201d but started receiving \u201cdisturbing\u201d photos about the carnage at the school.<\/p>\n Then \u201cit set in what was happening\u201d, Quist said.<\/p>\n He said he stayed in lockdown for more than two hours when police stormed in, ordering everyone to put their hands up before escorting them out of the school.<\/p>\n Darian\u2019s mother Shelley Quist, also interviewed, said she embraced her son when they finally connected after the site was declared safe.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s not going to be out of my sight for a while now,\u201d she told the CBC<\/em>.<\/p>\n Prime Minister Mark Carney said he was \u201cdevastated\u201d by the \u201chorrific\u201d shooting.<\/p>\n \u201cMy prayers and deepest condolences are with the families and friends who have lost loved ones to these horrific acts of violence,\u201d Carney said in a social media post.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/a>\u2018Horrific violence\u2019<\/h2>\n