Canadian police identify 18-year-old woman as suspect in mass school shooting

February 12, 2026 11:52 AM

Canadian police identify 18-year-old woman as suspect in mass school shooting

The suspect in a deadly school shooting in western Canada was an 18-year-old woman with mental health issues who killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school, police said on Wednesday, but investigators did not offer a motive for one of the worst mass slaughters in Canadian history. The killer, who police identified as Jesse Van Rootselaar, died by suicide after the shooting on Tuesday in Tumbler Ridge, a remote community of 2,400 people in the Pacific province of Britis...

Georgia arrests father of teen suspected in school shooting

September 6, 2024 10:48 AM

Georgia arrests father of teen suspected in school shooting

Georgia state officials on Thursday arrested the father of the 14-year-old suspected in a school shooting that killed four people and wounded nine others on Wednesday, saying the father knowingly allowed his son to have the murder weapon. Colin Gray, 54, was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. "These charges stem from Mr. Gray knowingly allowing his son Colt t...