Investigators work at the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., on Feb.11, 2026. Eagle Vision Agency/AFP via Getty Images
The Feb. 10 shooting at a secondary school and residence in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., claimed the lives of eight victims and the shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Here’s what we know so far about the timeline of what happened.
Tumbler Ridge RCMP received and responded to a report of an active shooter at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Southgate St. at 2:20 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (4:20 p.m. EST), according to RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald. He did not say how many officers attended the initial call.
“Our officers arrived on scene and immediately went into the school. As you can imagine, it was chaotic,” McDonald told reporters in a Feb. 13 press conference. “The fire alarms were going off. There was somebody that either leaned out or shouted out a window to our officers: ‘The suspect is upstairs. He’s upstairs.’”
