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February 13th, 2026
ANOTHER TRANS SHOOTER: Police Confirm Man Who Killed 6 at School Identified as Woman
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have identified the 18-year-old man who shot and killed six people at a school in British Columbia, critically injuring two, and wounding about 25 others. He identified as a woman, authorities have confirmed.
Jesse Van Rootselaar first killed his mother, 39, and his 11-year-old stepbrother at their family home in the remote community of Tumbler Ridge, before targeting Tumbler Ridge Secondary School Tuesday.
At the school, he shot and killed a 39-year-old female teacher, three 12-year-old female students, and two male students, aged 12 and 13. As police arrived, he shot at them, but officers found the shooter dead from an apparent suicide.
“We do believe the suspect acted alone … it would be too early to speculate on motive,” Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said in a press conference Wednesday.
McDonald said Van Rootselaar was born male but began to identify as female six years ago, Reuters reported.
“Yes, that is the information that we have,” RCMP Sergeant Vanessa Munn told The Daily Signal.
The shooting ranks among the deadliest in Canadian history.
Prime Minister Mark Carney postponed his trip to Europe and ordered flags on government buildings to be flown at half-mast for the next seven days.
“Right now, it’s a time to come together, as Canadians always do in these situations, these terrible situations, to support each other, to mourn together and to grow together,” he said.
In April 2020, a 51-year-old man disguised in a police uniform killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in multiple shootings and set fire to homes, before police killed him.
2nd US Aircraft Carrier Being Sent to Middle East
The world’s largest aircraft carrier has been ordered to sail from the Caribbean Sea to the Middle East as President Donald Trump considers whether to take possible military action against Iran.
The move by the USS Gerald R. Ford, according to multiple media reports citing unnamed government officials, will put two carriers and their accompanying warships in the region as Trump increases pressure on Iran to make a deal over its nuclear program.
Trump said earlier this week that he was considering making such a move.
Trump on Thursday warned Iran that failure to reach a deal with his administration would be “very traumatic.” Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman last week.
“I guess over the next month, something like that,” Trump said in response to a question about his timeline for striking a deal with Iran on its nuclear program. “It should happen quickly. They should agree very quickly.”
