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Speaker 2: Tragedy struck last week. I'm speaking to today on February
Speaker 2: on Family Day, and I wanted to speak speak also
Speaker 2: about a little bit about tumblr Ridge. And we're going
Speaker 2: to hear from UH last last week's recordings of from
Speaker 2: the RCMP, from UH political figures such as Mark Karney
Speaker 2: as they talk about tumblr Ridge and other a few
Speaker 2: other people that spoke about tumblr Ridge and what actually
Speaker 2: happened that particular day. I don't want to run through
Speaker 2: a series of events so that we see the path
Speaker 2: of the shooter. That doesn't matter. One things I do
Speaker 2: want to squash for it very quickly is the fact
Speaker 2: that the person was trans but this did not cause
Speaker 2: them to go out and shoot. What we need to
Speaker 2: understand is what may have actually caused them to shoot.
Speaker 2: And as records turn out that this person had received
Speaker 2: mental health treatments and those mental health treatments ended abruptly,
Speaker 2: the question is in only the person who was administering
Speaker 2: these treatments, and the health system can answer the question
Speaker 2: why did these treatments stop so suddenly? Who ended them?
Speaker 2: Was it the shooter? Then we have a simple set
Speaker 2: of answers. But these things will come out through investigation,
Speaker 2: and I urge you, especially if you're a resident in
Speaker 2: British Columbia, to keep a close eye on this and
Speaker 2: see what actually pops up. Why was the mental health
Speaker 2: treatments ended? Well, we know that mental health in British
Speaker 2: Columbia is under crisis. There's other areas of health care
Speaker 2: that are also under crisis, but mental health especially. We
Speaker 2: also know that mental health causes different types of delusions.
Speaker 2: Maybe this person was delusional. We don't We don't know
Speaker 2: because we can't actually ask that question because the person
Speaker 2: killed themselves. But the other question is is knowing that
Speaker 2: this other other part, that the weapons that were used
Speaker 2: in the shooting which started in in this in the
Speaker 2: visuals home, because he killed mother and siblings, the father
Speaker 2: of the house was excluded or probably because he was
Speaker 2: out at work doing the responsible thing, earning a living
Speaker 2: for the home excluded him from being shot by chance,
Speaker 2: not to by design, I'm sure, but we need to
Speaker 2: ask questions about mental health. If these weapons had been
Speaker 2: removed because there was a person a person within the
Speaker 2: home who was under treatment for mental health, why were
Speaker 2: the weapons returned? Maybe we need to examine those rules
Speaker 2: around owning a gun and decide if there's a person
Speaker 2: a individual in the house there's under certain types of
Speaker 2: mental health care, should these weapons be left there? Or
Speaker 2: should or should the police and authorities government confiscate these weapons.
Speaker 2: Hindsight is twenty twenty on that one. But how do
Speaker 2: we fix the mental health so that the treatment wouldn't
Speaker 2: have ended? And how do we fix the mental health?
Speaker 2: If a person shows signs of mass destruction, mass shootings
Speaker 2: and harming of others, why weren't they placed in the hospital?
Speaker 2: Something to be asked out of the mental health providers?
Speaker 2: What was miss that we we didn't see that this
Speaker 2: person could have been capable of shooting other individuals in
Speaker 2: a community. We need to examine those signs again, hindsight
Speaker 2: being twenty twenty. But if we know this knowledge and
Speaker 2: we learn from it, then we can prevent other things
Speaker 2: from happening. We can flag things so that other lives
Speaker 2: will be saved. So what actually went wrong before that
Speaker 2: day that cause an individual to take a gun and
Speaker 2: start shooting at people. One of the other things is
Speaker 2: is how we look at mental health and what should
Speaker 2: be considered mental health. Is the idea, and this is
Speaker 2: a touchy subject, is the idea of bigotry. Should there
Speaker 2: be a mental health registry and a criminal registry for
Speaker 2: those who commit hate crimes? Should we have a list
Speaker 2: and know in our community who out there has committed
Speaker 2: a hate crime? We have it for sexual predators. Why
Speaker 2: don't we have it for bigots and and and those
Speaker 2: who want to promote hate in our in our community?
Speaker 2: Would that have helped this situation at tumblr Ridge? Knowing
Speaker 2: that there are people out there who would hate another
Speaker 2: individual for being different, knowing that they exist in the neighborhood,
Speaker 2: would that have helped? It's a good question to ask
Speaker 2: ourselves what would what would have helped in this situation
Speaker 2: to stop an individual shoot from from a mass shooting
Speaker 2: before the mass shooting ever started. Some good questions to
Speaker 2: ask our officials as they returned to Parliament or to
Speaker 2: the legislator. What can we put in our communities so
Speaker 2: that we don't see the levels of hatred that we do,
Speaker 2: Because hatred also extends out to other different crimes in
Speaker 2: SORR ABC, there have an extreme problem of extortion that
Speaker 2: that one MLA is as asking that the whole case
Speaker 2: be turned over to the Any Crime the Anti Gang
Speaker 2: Unit in order to figure out what is going on.
Speaker 2: And we know that a lot of gangs were created
Speaker 2: out of hatred for another set of individuals. It isn't
Speaker 2: just about drugs. So how do we prevent some of
Speaker 2: these mental health things from happening, and how do we
Speaker 2: put an end to hatred and bigotry in our communities
Speaker 2: so that we see less violence overall. So let's just
Speaker 2: at this point listen to those who recorded something about
Speaker 2: Tumblin Ridge. We're going to hear from our the individuals
Speaker 2: who are in investigating with the r C m P
Speaker 2: as they made some statements. These statements were made shortly
Speaker 2: after the whole thing happened. And we're gonna listen to
Speaker 2: other UH individuals as they talk about, well, maybe we
Speaker 2: need to have a place in our communities to stop
Speaker 2: the violence.
Speaker 3: Kay Asia na Usa chessa Eta and son at Lashka
Speaker 3: Kuan's a i Kwan's tech Uh the Lakong. My honorable friends,
Speaker 3: my name is Jeanie George I'm from here Laquongan. Thank
Speaker 3: you for coming here. Welcome to the home territory of
Speaker 3: the la Quingan people. Thank you on behalf of song
Speaker 3: These Nation. We send our deepest condolences to tumble Ridge
Speaker 3: and surround them with our love and our prayers and
Speaker 3: our strength.
Speaker 4: Thank you very much.
Speaker 5: For opening our proceedings at great honor and that that
Speaker 5: you have grounded us to these lines. Thank you so much,
Speaker 5: on behalf of all the members here in the house.
Speaker 5: I want to acknowledge that you know we are gathering
Speaker 5: on the unseeded territory, traditional territory of the Lukongan speaking
Speaker 5: people known as Songies and Scrimere Nations.
Speaker 4: Thank you so much.
Speaker 5: No, I invite Mary, invite uh Elder Mary and Thomas
Speaker 5: of the Squaremar Nation to offer a prayers.
Speaker 6: My borrowed name is Mary Ann Thomas from Squimal Nation,
Speaker 6: and today I'm really honoring our speaker in each and
Speaker 6: every one of you, just Squimal Nation territory. I really
Speaker 6: welcome you, and my heart goes out to each and
Speaker 6: everyone for the tragic you know, the creators really telling
Speaker 6: telling us something, you know, our prayers and for each
Speaker 6: and every one of us. We need to really look
Speaker 6: at each other and walk hand in hand because you
Speaker 6: know the prayers is it helps us. It takes the
Speaker 6: stress away here because when you eat it the way
Speaker 6: it helps us. Like if we want something, we gotta
Speaker 6: work for it, we gotta earn it. But our prayers
Speaker 6: come in today, it reaches out all the ones that
Speaker 6: are in sorrow because each community goes through all this
Speaker 6: in our home hometown. But I just really wanted to
Speaker 6: honor this home, honoring the Speaker's home because you know
Speaker 6: this is where we deal with everything, Honoring each and
Speaker 6: every one of you of wherever you come from. That
Speaker 6: we're uniting today showing the old people we can walk
Speaker 6: together and our prayers will reach all wherever everybody needs
Speaker 6: that help, because you know you and I are precious
Speaker 6: from our parents' grandparents. And I really lift up my
Speaker 6: hands to each and every one of you that the
Speaker 6: fields you're working working for the people, because you know,
Speaker 6: I honor this home just like our in our reserve,
Speaker 6: we honor the longhouse where we do baptizing, we do marriages.
Speaker 6: When we have to bring people together where we talk
Speaker 6: about things and move on. That we have everybody involved
Speaker 6: with what we do, just like today, I really thank
Speaker 6: the speaker for bringing us all together together to bring
Speaker 6: the blessing of this meeting today. You know things are shortened,
Speaker 6: but you know we're honoring where the people are suffering
Speaker 6: because we all go through that when we lose a
Speaker 6: loved one that we you know, keep the good memories
Speaker 6: and be honest with ourselves with the people in your community,
Speaker 6: because that love is the greatest thing in life. Because
Speaker 6: there's no room for anger, no room for judgmental that
Speaker 6: makes the problem bigger. But when we look at each
Speaker 6: other and accepting each other hand in hand working, you
Speaker 6: accomplish things, your dreams being met. But I welcome each
Speaker 6: and every one of you in this beautiful home because
Speaker 6: when I come in here, I always ask the old
Speaker 6: people some hello, the ancestors. Can I come into your
Speaker 6: home to meet all our brothers and sisters. Life's too
Speaker 6: short to be having any enemies. We gotta love each other,
Speaker 6: love each other, help each other. Because the day is
Speaker 6: so alive. The sunset down at the end of the day,
Speaker 6: we pray for tomorrow. Iich got see him.
Speaker 4: Thank you.
Speaker 5: Eldore thomas On behalf of all the Let's later members
Speaker 5: We always very appreciative for you to come.
Speaker 4: Here and for your blessing. Thank you so much. I
Speaker 4: also want to please.
Speaker 5: I also want to have four members of the Legislative
Speaker 5: this family. I would like to welcome many friends, family
Speaker 5: and guests joining us today. Thank you for being here
Speaker 5: with us this afternoon. We will now wait for Her
Speaker 5: Honor the Lieutenant Governor to.
Speaker 4: Come to the house.
Speaker 7: Please be seated everyone.
Speaker 8: Today.
Speaker 9: I bring this message from the throne and from the
Speaker 9: sacred territories of the Lukwangan, Songhi's and Esquimalt people with respect,
Speaker 9: compassion and sympathy. We begin this session with heavy hearts
Speaker 9: following the tragedy in tumblr Ridge. Our thoughts are with
Speaker 9: the victims, the loved ones, and a tight knit community
Speaker 9: suffering unimaginable pain. We hold them in our prayers and
Speaker 9: stand with them in their grief. Today, the people of
Speaker 9: tumblr Ridge are wrap wonders, the healthcare workers, the teachers
Speaker 9: and the school workers whose courage and swift action help
Speaker 9: save lives. Their service reflects the very best of our rovens.
Speaker 9: In times of sorrow, British Columbians come together. May we
Speaker 9: carry that spirit forward, supporting the community and one another
Speaker 9: in the days and months ahead. If I may just
Speaker 9: take a moment and on a personal note, like His
Speaker 9: Majesty King Charles, her Majesty the Queen and her Excellency
Speaker 9: Mary Simon, I wish to add my personal message of
Speaker 9: deep love and support to everyone in the community, the
Speaker 9: community of tumblr Ridge and that is affected by this tragedy.
Speaker 9: As a mother, it's absolutely impossible to comprehend the pain
Speaker 9: and the sorrow that people are experiencing. Nobody thinks for
Speaker 9: a moment that you will send your child or your
Speaker 9: loved one oft in the morning and that they will
Speaker 9: not return. My heart aches for everyone in this situation,
Speaker 9: and again we send our deep appreciation to the first
Speaker 9: responders and healthcare workers. When Mayor Darryl Krakauka was asked
Speaker 9: many times how can we help, he said, so many times,
Speaker 9: you can offer a hug. And I think that that
Speaker 9: is very wise because at a time of deep grief,
Speaker 9: often we retreat and we withdraw, but what often helps
Speaker 9: the healing process as well is connectivity. I want the
Speaker 9: people of tumblr Ridge to know unequivocally that we are
Speaker 9: always here for you, and we will always have a
Speaker 9: hug waiting for you.
Speaker 10: For being here today. I am Sergeant Vanessamund with the
Speaker 10: bc RCMP Communications and I will be your moderator today.
Speaker 10: I understand that there are many questions regarding the tragic
Speaker 10: incident that occurred in tumblr Ridge yesterday. Bc RCMP Commanding
Speaker 10: Officer Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald will provide a statement shortly
Speaker 10: and will be available to take questions afterwards. Additionally, for
Speaker 10: any French speaking reporters, we have Corporal Alex Berube available
Speaker 10: online to respond to questions in French as well.
Speaker 4: Sir, good afternoon, Good morning everybody. Thank you for coming.
Speaker 4: And I recognize the significant interest not only the media
Speaker 4: but the public have in this event, so I will
Speaker 4: endeavor to do my best to inform you as up
Speaker 4: to date as possible to provide some information moving forward
Speaker 4: about how we will manage our communications. I'll just start
Speaker 4: with a review of the incident from yesterday. So on
Speaker 4: February tenth, that approximately one twenty pm Pacific Center time,
Speaker 4: at Tumblrridge RCMP received a report of an active shooter
Speaker 4: at tumblr Ridge Secondary School. A police initiated public alert
Speaker 4: PIPPA was issued as officers responded. Police from Tumbleo Ridge
Speaker 4: RCMP and surrounding detachments responded immediately, with members from the
Speaker 4: local detachment arriving within two minutes of the initial call.
Speaker 4: Upon arrival, there was active gunfire, and US officers approached
Speaker 4: the school. Rounds were fired in their direction. Officers entered
Speaker 4: the school to locate the threat. Within minutes, an individual
Speaker 4: confirmed to be the shooter was located deceased with what
Speaker 4: appeared to be a self gunshot wound. The suspect has
Speaker 4: been identified as eighteen year old Jesse Van Rutzlar, who
Speaker 4: is a resident of tumblr Ridge. Two firearms, a long
Speaker 4: gun and a modified handgun, were recovered by responding officers.
Speaker 4: Determining the origin of these firearms and what role they
Speaker 4: played in the shooting's remains a significant part of the
Speaker 4: active and ongoing investigation. Multiple victims were located throughout the school,
Speaker 4: along with approximately twenty five individuals with possible injuries. Once
Speaker 4: it was determined to be safe, officers evacuated over one
Speaker 4: hundred students and faculty to a local community center while
Speaker 4: police continued to assess whether any ongoing threats remained. Those
Speaker 4: with potential injuries were transported to a local medical clinic
Speaker 4: for triage and assessment, and two victims with significant injuries
Speaker 4: were transported to hospital via air ambulance. Following a medical
Speaker 4: assessment of the individuals, no discernible physical injuries were identified
Speaker 4: for those that remained at scene. I'd like to correct
Speaker 4: some information that was shared yesterday and to clarify that
Speaker 4: nine people in total are deceased as a result of
Speaker 4: this incident. Initially, it was believed that one of the victims,
Speaker 4: a female with significant injuries who was transported from the
Speaker 4: scene by our members and then transitioned to paramedics, had
Speaker 4: succumbed to her injuries. Police have since confirmed that is
Speaker 4: not the case. She is alive and it was one
Speaker 4: of the two female victims that were airlifted to hospital.
Speaker 4: Both of those victims remain in serious condition. The deceased
Speaker 4: victims from the school include an adult female educator, three
Speaker 4: female students, and two male students between the ages of
Speaker 4: thirteen and seventeen. Two additional victims, an adult female and
Speaker 4: a male youth, were located deceased in the local residence.
Speaker 4: The BC Major Crime Unit has assumed conduct of the
Speaker 4: investigation and is working to determine the full circumstances surrounding
Speaker 4: this tragic incident. There's been much speculation within the community
Speaker 4: regarding the relationship between the shooter and some of the victims.
Speaker 4: All that remains part of the active and ongoing investigation.
Speaker 4: We are not in a position to publicly confirm any
Speaker 4: specifics at this time. Additional resources have been deployed to
Speaker 4: Tumblr Ridge to support both the investigation and day to
Speaker 4: day policing operations, which continue with the assistance of our
Speaker 4: neighboring detachments. BC Emergency Health Services, the tumbler Ridge Fire Department,
Speaker 4: the local medical center, the school district, the community center,
Speaker 4: and many others within the community have provided significant support
Speaker 4: throughout this response. Anyone in the community who does not
Speaker 4: need support, or sorry, pardon me, who does need support
Speaker 4: is asked to go to the tumbler Ridge Community Center
Speaker 4: at three four zero Front Street. We understand the community
Speaker 4: has questions, and we understand they want to know the
Speaker 4: motive behind this tragic incident. We do believe the suspect
Speaker 4: acted alone and there are currently no other outstanding suspects.
Speaker 4: Our investigators remain on sen actively gathering information determine the
Speaker 4: full circumstances of what transpired. This is a deeply distressing
Speaker 4: incident where nine individuals have sensitively lost their lives. Our
Speaker 4: thoughts are with the families, the loved ones, the first
Speaker 4: responders in the Greater tumblr Ridge community, and all those
Speaker 4: impacted by this tragic incident. UH. If you have questions,
Speaker 4: I'm prepared to take them at this time.
Speaker 11: Officers, could you please expand a little bit on the suspect?
Speaker 11: Was he known to police? Were there any red flags regarding.
Speaker 12: His mental health?
Speaker 4: So a suspect is identified as an eighteen year old
Speaker 4: female UH by the name of Jesse.
Speaker 8: Uh.
Speaker 4: We have uh a history of police attendants UH at
Speaker 4: the family residence. Some of those calls are a are
Speaker 4: were pardon me? Related to mental health issues?
Speaker 13: Could you spell this?
Speaker 4: Yes? The first name is spelt j E S s E.
Speaker 4: The surname is spelt capital V A N in space
Speaker 4: capital R O T s E l A R.
Speaker 12: Were the two victims found at your residence where the
Speaker 12: suspect lived.
Speaker 4: Yes?
Speaker 14: And why can't you elaborate on the relationship between the
Speaker 14: victims and in.
Speaker 1: That residence and Christmas?
Speaker 4: I I can't elaborate on that. So is believe the
Speaker 4: victims of that residence and the suspect are family members.
Speaker 12: Can you say what UH parents siblings, what relationship that is?
Speaker 4: Yes, the female adult victim is the mother of the suspect,
Speaker 4: and the youth UH male is the brother of the
Speaker 4: suspect or step brother.
Speaker 12: Can you would spend you you talked about that you
Speaker 12: scream of mental health with this femail suspect.
Speaker 1: Could you expand on.
Speaker 4: I I'll give you perhaps remaining some general UH comments
Speaker 4: on that police had attended that residence on multiple occasions
Speaker 4: over the past several years dealing with UH concerns of
Speaker 4: mental health. UH with respect to our suspect. UH, I
Speaker 4: can say that on different occasions as a suspect was
Speaker 4: apprehended for assessment and and follow up.
Speaker 12: So apprehended under the mental health time.
Speaker 4: Yes, take mental hospitals UH in some ser circumstances.
Speaker 8: Yes.
Speaker 14: Any indication whether or not the suspect was receiving any
Speaker 14: help for your mental health situation, regarding counseling, any any
Speaker 14: of those services that are involved.
Speaker 4: I don't have that information UH at this time. If
Speaker 4: the suspect was currently UH receiving care, UH, I don't
Speaker 4: have that information at this time.
Speaker 14: Any of the interactions with popes, did they any of.
Speaker 12: Them have to do with weapons?
Speaker 4: Yes, in particular, Yes, did you fat on that face?
Speaker 4: I will say that again, I'm I'm not trying to
Speaker 4: be too circumspect, but police have attended that residence in
Speaker 4: the past, UH, approximately a couple of years ago, where
Speaker 4: firearms were seized UH under the criminal code. I can
Speaker 4: say that at later point in time, the lawful owner
Speaker 4: of those firearms petitioned to for those firearms to be
Speaker 4: returned and they.
Speaker 12: Were were criminal charges later in relation to those firearms.
Speaker 4: No.
Speaker 8: So yeah.
Speaker 11: My question is we've heard all around the world of reports,
Speaker 11: I mean media, and you've heard.
Speaker 6: People from Teal Ridge people that the shooter, and they
Speaker 6: are all saying that this person's transgendered.
Speaker 12: Why is the RC housekapers? Why are we hiding this
Speaker 12: from help?
Speaker 4: Well, first off, thank you for your question. We're not
Speaker 4: hiding it. In fact, you're the first UH media to
Speaker 4: ask the question. I will say this, we identify the
Speaker 4: suspect as they chose to be identified in public and
Speaker 4: in social media. I can say that Jesse was born
Speaker 4: as a biological male who approximately the information that I have,
Speaker 4: approximately six years ago, began to transition to female and
Speaker 4: identified as female, uh, both socially and publicly.
Speaker 12: Unfortunately for a lot of transgender discussation.
Speaker 4: Do it's too early to say whether that has any
Speaker 4: correlation and this investigation. I think it's important to recognize
Speaker 4: that this investigation is still in its infancy.
Speaker 15: Uh.
Speaker 4: We have seen s still locked down the school and
Speaker 4: the residents while we uh execute search warrants and gather
Speaker 4: for their evidence and talked to witnesses uh uh that
Speaker 4: may have fur their evidence for place.
Speaker 12: Party yesterday last in contact with Jesse.
Speaker 4: That's a good question. I probably have that answer somewhere
Speaker 4: here in my papers, but I'll I believe we're there,
Speaker 4: uh sometime last year.
Speaker 12: So nothing in the last few days.
Speaker 4: Nothing in the last few days, that's correct.
Speaker 16: Okay, can you talk of the guns that there.
Speaker 11: Covered and can you say we both people owned those
Speaker 11: guns when.
Speaker 6: The or any so?
Speaker 4: So I will say this, I know the guns are
Speaker 4: of uh significant uh interest to everybody. Part of the
Speaker 4: reason we haven't identified the specific models of the firearms
Speaker 4: or ownership is because at this point in time, our
Speaker 4: investigators UH continue to pursue those leads. We want to
Speaker 4: make sure that the at the information we do provide
Speaker 4: is accurate. We wanna ensure that we can identify properly UH,
Speaker 4: the ownership of the firearms, how they were procured, whether
Speaker 4: they were lawfully owned UH unlawfully l alone, whether man manufactured,
Speaker 4: and whether there could be any other parties to an
Speaker 4: offense that we are not yet aware of. So when
Speaker 4: we are able to UH release that information, we certainly will.
Speaker 12: He was like not did did he have a license?
Speaker 4: I can say that she UH had a license that
Speaker 4: had expired UH. I believe it was in twenty twenty four.
Speaker 4: She did not have any firearms registered UH to her.
Speaker 12: Can you talk.
Speaker 17: About, Sir, any indication and the information you have regarding
Speaker 17: Jesse experiencing playing at the school any sort of difficulty
Speaker 17: at the school because of this transition from male to female.
Speaker 4: I do not have any information to suggest that was
Speaker 4: the case, uh I. I can say that Jesse dropped
Speaker 4: out of school approximately four years ago and was not
Speaker 4: currently attending the school.
Speaker 13: Sir, I have a question here from a Jared from
Speaker 13: the Western Standard of the UH WHA why they they
Speaker 13: wanted to just know why we waited till now to
Speaker 13: confirm the identity of the suspect.
Speaker 4: It's a good question, and I know it's one of
Speaker 4: concern specifically with the speed of social media. I think
Speaker 4: it's important to recognize that yesterday, when we first provided
Speaker 4: a media availability, it was approximately five hours after the
Speaker 4: active shooter event. At that point in time, we were
Speaker 4: still trying to lock down locations, We had victims that
Speaker 4: we were evacuating. As you can imagine, the scene was
Speaker 4: quite chaotic with significant amount of trauma. And it's important
Speaker 4: for us when we do release information to get it accurate.
Speaker 4: And I point to the case of now having to
Speaker 4: correct and say that there's only nine deceased persons instead
Speaker 4: of ten. We want to get information out as quick
Speaker 4: as possible, but we also appreciate that that information needs
Speaker 4: to be accurate because particularly we're dealing with victims or
Speaker 4: deal with the identity a suspect, we have to take
Speaker 4: into consideration. In this case, our specific was deceased. We
Speaker 4: had to locate next of ken to notify them. So
Speaker 4: I would hate, notwithstanding the public interest, I would hate
Speaker 4: for someone to find out that their loved one was
Speaker 4: deceased UH coming from our podium or coming from the
Speaker 4: news media in advance of being told in person.
Speaker 13: And I have one other question here from UH with
Speaker 13: Energetic see was the suspect related to any school. UH.
Speaker 4: I can say that the suspect was not related to
Speaker 4: any of the victims UH of the school. I don't
Speaker 4: have any broader information beyond that, other than say that
Speaker 4: the suspect was related to the two victims at the
Speaker 4: private residence.
Speaker 18: Did the suspects We've unknown for any other communication.
Speaker 4: In evats that is happening, not that we've located so far,
Speaker 4: but we are continuing to pursue that leader.
Speaker 17: Are you to give us sort of what the police's
Speaker 17: working theory is on why this happened, Well.
Speaker 4: We don't have an idea yet as to motive, and
Speaker 4: again recognizing we're still less than twenty four hours into
Speaker 4: this incident, it is something that we are certainly, UH
Speaker 4: passionately pursuing, but it would be too early to speculate
Speaker 4: on motive at this time.
Speaker 14: Was there a fool put out to be on the
Speaker 14: lookout for prior to the shootings regarding.
Speaker 4: The suspect, Not that I'm aware of, UH, But once
Speaker 4: the shootings commenced, we did issue the public UH police.
Speaker 12: Alert and did police open fire on the suspect?
Speaker 4: Pol Police did not return fire to the best of
Speaker 4: my knowledge, UH, But Uh, but went into the school
Speaker 4: where in the.
Speaker 12: School before the victim's killed.
Speaker 4: There was one victim that was located deceased in the hallway,
Speaker 4: uh sorry, in the stairwell of the school, and the
Speaker 4: others were located I believe in the library of the school.
Speaker 12: Can you comment on the home of a shoot? What
Speaker 12: was it like?
Speaker 1: Was it to disagree?
Speaker 6: Sometimes when there's some sort of use just certain things
Speaker 6: you can see were thinking of that or Uh?
Speaker 4: I can't comment yet on the nature or the environment
Speaker 4: uh of the family home. Uh it was locked down
Speaker 4: originally for uh secure search one in order to allow
Speaker 4: our investigators to go in. So I can't comment at
Speaker 4: this point in time.
Speaker 1: Okay, done to rock on your house?
Speaker 11: Uh?
Speaker 2: Home?
Speaker 12: Like where were those two people?
Speaker 1: Call pas?
Speaker 4: I do have that information. It will be locked down
Speaker 4: uh so I I would respectfully ask members of the
Speaker 4: media and the public not to attend the scene and
Speaker 4: the family home cause we have a lot going on there.
Speaker 4: But it's one one two Fellers Avenue in tumblr Ridge.
Speaker 12: Or adotional fire or Elend distractor.
Speaker 4: I I don't have that information at this point in time.
Speaker 4: I can say that historically there were firearms that were
Speaker 4: uh secured at that residence. Uh, I I in a
Speaker 4: safe but I don't. I haven't updated with the investigators
Speaker 4: yet to determine if they've gone in and located more firearms.
Speaker 12: Tell sales falls to the school or issue. Were they
Speaker 12: called to the home?
Speaker 19: Were now?
Speaker 4: Yes, No, they were called after so we understand the
Speaker 4: sequence of events, uh and I'll get to the So
Speaker 4: we did not receive a call to attend the home
Speaker 4: until approximately UH two forty seven pm or one forty
Speaker 4: seven pm Pacific time.
Speaker 11: Uh.
Speaker 4: We were called because a neighbor, Uh, there was a
Speaker 4: young female at that home that UH went to the
Speaker 4: neighbors and that's how we learned that there were two
Speaker 4: deceased at that residence. So the neighbor called the police.
Speaker 4: We know the sequence of events now, is that the
Speaker 4: incident at the home occurred first where we have the
Speaker 4: two deceased family members, and from there our suspect attended
Speaker 4: the school and commenced uh their criminal activity there. What
Speaker 4: was the relationship with the child who were of the
Speaker 4: neighbor suspe family member?
Speaker 5: Is it a reunification process been completed for injured and uh,
Speaker 5: the vacut.
Speaker 4: For the students and so most of the UH what
Speaker 4: I would call injured individuals or people that were assessed
Speaker 4: for injured for injury were uh released right in tumble
Speaker 4: Ridge shortly after receiving UH triage and or treatment. Those
Speaker 4: that are have been met a fact. I can't speak
Speaker 4: to uh uh to that, but I yeah, I won't
Speaker 4: speculate on whether they've uh been in contact with their family.
Speaker 4: We're still dealing with extended family of those that are deceased.
Speaker 12: Police believe, based.
Speaker 14: On the information have as far, that the suspect had
Speaker 14: gone into the school.
Speaker 17: Specifically targeting an individual, or it was a random shooting.
Speaker 4: So we don't have information at this point to suggest
Speaker 4: that anyone was specifically targeted. I I I will say
Speaker 4: that as we continue in the investigation, there is further
Speaker 4: evidence to gather from the school with respect to video
Speaker 4: UH surveillance and that UH of our officers as well.
Speaker 14: What can we expect nineteens arevating them at what's.
Speaker 12: Try to start to app family out.
Speaker 4: So we're currently ongoing with the family notification. I will say,
Speaker 4: as I mentioned before, that most of our victims are
Speaker 4: quite young. Most were born and UH of the students,
Speaker 4: most were born twenty thirteen and twenty twelve. So as
Speaker 4: you can imagine for family members, extended family members, friends
Speaker 4: of the family, etcetera. This is incredibly traumatic and so
Speaker 4: we will deal with and work with the families and
Speaker 4: cooperate with them in terms of the release of the
Speaker 4: identities of the victims, photographs and the like. I know
Speaker 4: that that can We don't want we need to approach
Speaker 4: this with UH UH UH a trauma informed practice. We
Speaker 4: don't want to create additional trauma for families that are
Speaker 4: dealing with UH probably the worst circumstances of their lives.
Speaker 12: So something.
Speaker 1: Or that will be up to the fens UH.
Speaker 4: That will be up to the families, as they are minors.
Speaker 12: In five people who were injured, how many of them sustained.
Speaker 4: So of the twenty five surviving individuals, the two UH
Speaker 4: that are currently airlifted, the U M the majority of
Speaker 4: the rest UH that were not gunshot injury us. The
Speaker 4: reason they were all UH examined tradastion first instances. There
Speaker 4: were a lot that presented with injury, blood, et cetera,
Speaker 4: that weren't actually injured, but we had to work through
Speaker 4: all that.
Speaker 12: So what kind of injuries were there?
Speaker 4: Was it like blasts or y I I I. I
Speaker 4: don't wanna speculate. I don't have the exact details, but
Speaker 4: you can imagine in in a chaotic situation where the
Speaker 4: UH students and faculty are barricading themselves in room, that
Speaker 4: any types of injuries could UH result.
Speaker 17: Were there any were there any you you mentioned that
Speaker 17: there weren't any recent.
Speaker 12: No recent involvement in police and the suspect, But were.
Speaker 17: There any calls concerned by anyone in the public to
Speaker 17: police about the suspect in recent days, weeks, months?
Speaker 4: They The most recent incidents I have are from spring
Speaker 4: of last year. So we've checked our police into indices
Speaker 4: or databases, et cetera. I have not. I don't have
Speaker 4: any information that there's been anything since then.
Speaker 12: And would you give us the context that the spring
Speaker 12: of last.
Speaker 4: Year, UH, similar to what I said before, it wa
Speaker 4: the concerns regarding mental health, self harm, those types of
Speaker 4: UH concerns.
Speaker 12: Okay, we'll take two final questions just to play injured.
Speaker 14: So was it T twenty seven injured in school and
Speaker 14: two airlift?
Speaker 4: Was so? I? I I I. I don't mean to
Speaker 4: to smile, but UH to clarify that, I'm gonna say
Speaker 4: I'm not entirely certain, because we have injured the from
Speaker 4: gunshot wounds, we have deceased, and then we have those
Speaker 4: that were trioged at scene. I'm gonna s uh say
Speaker 4: that the twenty five that were triage at seen are
Speaker 4: separate from those that were airlifted and those that are deceased.
Speaker 12: And sir, you just have one other question.
Speaker 1: You're regarding the victims, the ones.
Speaker 12: That were airlifted. Do we have any updates on their status?
Speaker 8: Uh?
Speaker 4: Critical but stable? Thank you, certain, Thank you everyone.
Speaker 1: Sorry, I'm just gonna get that you need to tell
Speaker 1: us you can pay some whole thing.
Speaker 10: Right, I just wanted to quickly correct one thing that
Speaker 10: just came in as Serve was up here speaking. So
Speaker 10: for the deceased victims the school, it included a thirty
Speaker 10: nine year old female educator, three twelve year old female students,
Speaker 10: two male students ages twelve and thirteen, and then the
Speaker 10: two additional victims were a thirty nine year old female
Speaker 10: and an eleven year old male that were located deceased
Speaker 10: at the local residents. We will be issuing a statement
Speaker 10: shortly following this availability.
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Speaker 20: Well, I'd say I'll see a very difficult day for
Speaker 20: the nation this morning, parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers.
Speaker 21: In Tumblr, Ridge will wake up without someone they love.
Speaker 21: The nation barns with you, Canada stands by you. I
Speaker 21: want to thank and pass on. A number of world
Speaker 21: leaders has reached out directly to me in solitarity and compassion. France,
Speaker 21: United Kingdom, his Majesty himself, Norway, Finland, India, United Arab Emirates,
Speaker 21: many others.
Speaker 4: The world is with you.
Speaker 21: I UH have spoken to Premier eb UH. Minister of
Speaker 21: Public Safety has been engaged, as have many Canadian officials.
Speaker 16: UH.
Speaker 21: Over the evening, the Minister of Public Safety is en
Speaker 21: route to British Columbia and the Premier will be visiting
Speaker 21: UH the community. All assistants obviously will be offered. We
Speaker 21: think the UH, the first responders, the teachers, the staff,
Speaker 21: the residents, for everything that they've done in this terrible situation.
Speaker 21: I UH, on the advice of the Clerk of the
Speaker 21: Priverty Council and Heritage Canada, UH, i've asked that the
Speaker 21: flags in the Peace Tower here UH and across all
Speaker 21: government buildings be flown at half mass for the next
Speaker 21: seven days. We will get through this, we will learn
Speaker 21: from this. But right now it's the time to come together,
Speaker 21: as Canadians always do in these situations, UH, these terrible situations,
Speaker 21: to support each other, UH, to mourn together and to
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Speaker 21: I will be making a statement with the other leaders.
Speaker 1: And you can.
Speaker 22: Thank you.
Speaker 4: Good evening, everybody, thanks for joining us.
Speaker 8: Like you.
Speaker 13: Uh.
Speaker 23: I am just learning about the horror of the tragedy
Speaker 23: that unfolded in tumblr Ridge this evening over the course
Speaker 23: of the day. This is a devastating, an unimaginable tragedy.
Speaker 23: We can't imagine what the community is going through, but
Speaker 23: I know it's causing us all to hug our kids
Speaker 23: a little bit tighter tonight. I'm just out of an
Speaker 23: update with RCMP leadership Duane MacDonald. I want to thank
Speaker 23: him for being available this evening and a conversation with
Speaker 23: the Prime Minister about this terrible tragedy. Here's the latest
Speaker 23: information that we have. I understand that there are ten
Speaker 23: people in total who are dead two different sites. Eight
Speaker 23: of the people who died as a result of the
Speaker 23: shootings were at the school, including an individual understand is
Speaker 23: the suspected Shouotor who is believed to have died of
Speaker 23: a self inflicted gunshot.
Speaker 1: Wound.
Speaker 23: There are about twenty five people have been entrioged by
Speaker 23: health authorities with various physical injuries, some profoundly serious and
Speaker 23: some more minor injuries. Right now, information is very limited
Speaker 23: as police do their work and the RCNPS asked for
Speaker 23: patients as they work through methodically to ensure that they
Speaker 23: are supporting families and getting.
Speaker 1: To the bottom of what happened today.
Speaker 4: It's like to take this.
Speaker 23: Opportunity to ask British Columbians to ask all Canadians to
Speaker 23: wrap the people of tumblr Ridge, wrap these families with love,
Speaker 23: not just tonight, but tomorrow and into the future.
Speaker 1: This is something that will robreak for years to come.
Speaker 23: As British Columbians, I know that one of the things
Speaker 23: we do best is look after each other, and I'm
Speaker 23: asking British Columbians to look after the people of timber
Speaker 23: Ridge tonight. For our government's role, We'll make sure that
Speaker 23: the resources are there for the community. They are already
Speaker 23: being deployed on the site, and I'd like to ask
Speaker 23: the Public Safety Minister to provide you an update on
Speaker 23: what's happening in the community to provide support right now, Sir,
Speaker 23: thank you Premier.
Speaker 16: While the RCMP emergency alert has been lifted. The people
Speaker 16: of tumbler Ridge remain in a state of crisis following
Speaker 16: one of the worst mass shootings in our provinces and
Speaker 16: countries' history. This is a devastating day for close knit
Speaker 16: community and the loss being felt is profound. There are
Speaker 16: truly no words that can adequately describe the pain being
Speaker 16: carried tonight by parents, families and love ones of the victims.
Speaker 16: British Columbians and people across the country are standing with
Speaker 16: the tumbler Ridge community tonight.
Speaker 1: I would like to thank the.
Speaker 16: RCMP officers who were on the scene within two minutes
Speaker 16: of receiving the call. That speed and professionalism saved lives today.
Speaker 16: I would also like to thank paramedics, firefighters, healthcare workers,
Speaker 16: victim services staff and all first responders who acted immediately
Speaker 16: to support this community and anon and imaginably horrific moment.
Speaker 16: This is only the beginning for so many who have
Speaker 16: families who have been impacted by today's tragic events. The
Speaker 16: shock waves of this horrific event will continue to reverberate
Speaker 16: through the community and throughout the country for some time.
Speaker 16: Education Ministry staff have been in continued contact with the
Speaker 16: school district today and we are actively mobilizing trauma and
Speaker 16: crisis response supports. We are sending trauma informed counselors to
Speaker 16: the region to support kids and their families during this time.
Speaker 16: The school district will be making supports available, and once
Speaker 16: we have locations for where these supports will be, the
Speaker 16: district will share that information on social media and we
Speaker 16: will be making sure services are available to members of
Speaker 16: the broader community who need it as well. There is
Speaker 16: a psychiatric liaison nurse working in the community right now,
Speaker 16: and another starting tonight at ten pm will be working
Speaker 16: through the night on the ground in tumbler Ridge. So
Speaker 16: already tonight there is help available now, with more to come.
Speaker 16: People can contact three ten Mental Health Support at three
Speaker 16: ten six seven eight nine for support and mental health services.
Speaker 16: The Killed's Help Phone offers professional counseling information and referrals
Speaker 16: to young people, and people can reach out by texting
Speaker 16: connect to eight my apologies to six eight to six
Speaker 16: eight six'. Eight young people can also use The foundry
Speaker 16: app to get connected to mental health. SUPPORTS i have
Speaker 16: spoken throughout the day with The mayor of Tumblr ridge
Speaker 16: and the LOCAL mla AND. Mp we are united and
Speaker 16: in constant. Communication i've also spoken to the Federal minister
Speaker 16: Of Public safety and we will be working together to
Speaker 16: ensure that THE rcmp have every resource that they. Need
Speaker 16: as a, Mother i'm holding the families who lost loved
Speaker 16: ones close in my, heart as well as the many
Speaker 16: of those. Injured for their, families the nightmare has not yet.
Speaker 16: Ended we will stand with the community in the days
Speaker 16: and weeks and months ahead with, compassion with, action and
Speaker 16: with a commitment to supporting healing for as long as it.
Speaker 1: Takes we will.
Speaker 16: Ensure that every possible support is available for the community
Speaker 16: and the coming.
Speaker 4: Days thank you very.
Speaker 1: Much, well not take. Questions i'll take questions from the
Speaker 1: media for meeting in the. Room please come to join
Speaker 1: us at the microphone, here state your name and, outlet
Speaker 1: and the creamier answer your.
Speaker 8: Question thank, you.
Speaker 6: Good.
Speaker 24: Evening Michelle martin here WITH. Cbc can you tell me
Speaker 24: a bit more about the specific sum of in regards
Speaker 24: to medical care being sent up if any. Additional we're
Speaker 24: hearing about twenty five people being sent for care related
Speaker 24: to serious and non life threatening.
Speaker 23: Injuries what we can share right now is there were
Speaker 23: twenty five individuals for Are triosh for medical care and
Speaker 23: varying degrees of severity of. INJURY bceehs will be providing
Speaker 23: an update this evening about more specifics related to care
Speaker 23: where people aren't soling.
Speaker 1: Even to.
Speaker 24: Hearing over the past couple of, weeks we've heard about
Speaker 24: schools being threatened In coquotein for, example in that, area
Speaker 24: and now hearing about this situation in Tumblr.
Speaker 16: Ridge what's your message.
Speaker 24: To parents who might feel uneasy sending their kids to
Speaker 24: school right?
Speaker 23: Now, WELL i mean it's hard to know what to
Speaker 23: say on and night like. Tonight this is the kind
Speaker 23: of thing that feels like it happens in other places
Speaker 23: and not close to home in a way that this
Speaker 23: feels for so Many British columbians And. Canadians the devastation
Speaker 23: of these families.
Speaker 4: Face you, know.
Speaker 23: It's just impossible to understand what they're going through without
Speaker 23: going through it. Yourself BUT i can say for myself
Speaker 23: And i'm sure for Many British, columbians Many, canadians and
Speaker 23: makes us think about our kids safety when they're going to.
Speaker 23: School we take it for. Granted you go to, school
Speaker 23: we come home, safe and events like this give us
Speaker 23: pause about that safety that the Many canadians have the
Speaker 23: privilege to enjoy across this. Country in the days and
Speaker 23: weeks to, come we'll look at this incident and try
Speaker 23: to understand what opportunities there are to learn from an
Speaker 23: unspeakable tragedy like. This but for, tonight it's about making
Speaker 23: sure that those family ways are receiving all the sports
Speaker 23: that they can.
Speaker 1: Do you know when we'll learn more about the investigation as. Well,
Speaker 1: YES rcmp have asked for patients right.
Speaker 23: Now they understand That British, columbians people of Tumblr ridge
Speaker 23: want to know everything possible to try to make sense
Speaker 23: of what happened in Tumblr ridge. Today they have work
Speaker 23: to do on the, ground maybe advice that the community
Speaker 23: is safe and, secure that the threat is over from this,
Speaker 23: incident but the work for them and for the community is.
Speaker 23: Ongoing they'll provide details as often and as comprehensibly as
Speaker 23: they can going, forward and will follow a police lead
Speaker 23: on being able to provide additional information.
Speaker 24: And knowing how devastated the community must.
Speaker 1: Be what is your biggest concern right?
Speaker 23: Now you, know my biggest concern is for the people
Speaker 23: who have to live with this, tragedy those who are physically,
Speaker 23: injured for their physical s safety and for those who
Speaker 23: have endured a trauma that will be with them for
Speaker 23: the rest of their lives and how we can support
Speaker 23: them going. Forward SO i ask for people across the
Speaker 23: country to do what we can to send love and
Speaker 23: support to that community right, now because they sure need.
Speaker 22: It thanks for taking my. Question i'm a reporter from
Speaker 22: The Canadian. PRESS i wonder for Per me And, anina
Speaker 22: do you know more details about the, victims like are
Speaker 22: these students and were you And anina travel to Tumblr
Speaker 22: ridge in upcoming?
Speaker 1: Days?
Speaker 22: Two with it the families with another wactims.
Speaker 23: Families, yes, YES i expect to be up To Tumblow
Speaker 23: ridge as quickly as possible to visit the community and provide. Support,
Speaker 23: HOWEVER i can police advise at this point they're still
Speaker 23: reaching out to, families still reaching out to relatives next
Speaker 23: To ken and so at this point aren't able to
Speaker 23: share any details those who have passed, Away BUT i
Speaker 23: expect that we'll be hearing that information shortly from.
Speaker 1: Police thank, you and a.
Speaker 22: Joining a conversation With Prime Minister connie what did he
Speaker 22: say to?
Speaker 11: You thank you.
Speaker 23: Well The Prime minister is certainly conveyed the grief and
Speaker 23: the devastation that he feels about what the people of
Speaker 23: Tumblr ridge are. Facing he is following this very, closely
Speaker 23: have received briefings from OUR cmp as, well and has
Speaker 23: offered any assistance that the federal government can offer to
Speaker 23: the province and supporting the people of Tumblr ridge going.
Speaker 23: FORWARD i was very grateful for his, outreach he reached
Speaker 23: out right away and his commitment to Support British columbians
Speaker 23: in this.
Speaker 1: Moment next we'll head to the phone lines With Jordan
Speaker 1: armstrong From Global. News Mister, premier thanks for your.
Speaker 25: Time we know that rural health centers and emergency room
Speaker 25: are already. Stretched what specifically is being done to ensure
Speaker 25: those healthcare providers who no doubt had to witness horrible
Speaker 25: things today are getting the release and support they.
Speaker 23: NEED i had the opportunity to speak With Premier smith
Speaker 23: And alberta who had offered assistance through healthcare In. Alberta
Speaker 23: tumbridge is close to the border and a major regional
Speaker 23: healthcare center is there In Grand. Prairie and very grateful
Speaker 23: to The albertans who offered to step up and provide
Speaker 23: support in this moment as. WELL bcehs will be providing
Speaker 23: an update this evening about the supports for individuals who
Speaker 23: were injured and brought to health care. Facilities but at
Speaker 23: this POINT i shared all THAT i can and all
Speaker 23: the INFORMATION i.
Speaker 1: Have to follow.
Speaker 25: Up, jordan thank, you and the, question, yes a question
Speaker 25: IF i, may for The Public safety. Minister i'm hearing
Speaker 25: from sources THE rcmp attachment in Tumblr ridge is as
Speaker 25: small as five. Members can you confirm? That and also
Speaker 25: talk a bit more about the response of those frontline.
Speaker 25: OFFICERS i think you mentioned they were on the scene
Speaker 25: within two.
Speaker 23: Minutes thanks, Starting i'll pass it over To, nina But
Speaker 23: i'd like to just thank THE rcmp officers who. Responded
Speaker 23: my understanding from mister McDonald is that they were on
Speaker 23: the scene within two, minutes and at that fast response
Speaker 23: time to the school meant that what was already quite
Speaker 23: a devastating tragedy was prevented from being significantly. Worse and
Speaker 23: as a police officer attending a shooting scene like, that
Speaker 23: you're putting yourself at risk to protect the lives of other,
Speaker 23: people and it's heroic. Work AND i am very grateful
Speaker 23: that the police responded so quickly and so fearlessly and
Speaker 23: executed their training to protect as many people as possible
Speaker 23: at the school. Today Pastor, reganina.
Speaker 16: Thank you for the, question And i'll add that this
Speaker 16: is a, small tight knit community with a SMALL rcmp
Speaker 16: detachment as, well who responded in two, minutes no, doubt
Speaker 16: saving lives. Today and just to again thank the responding
Speaker 16: officers for their, courage for their, dedication their. Professionalism THE
Speaker 16: rcmp has surged resources and we will continue to work
Speaker 16: with THE rcmp to ensure that they have all the
Speaker 16: resources that they need to carry out the, investigation which
Speaker 16: now begins now that the active threat has been.
Speaker 1: Rescinded Justine Hunter Global, Maiale, hi thank.
Speaker 26: You do we know anything about the weapon that was?
Speaker 23: INVOLVED i don't have any information from OUR cmp about
Speaker 23: the weapon that was involved in this.
Speaker 1: Incident to will fall, Up, JUSTINE.
Speaker 19: I guess just IF i know you don't have the
Speaker 19: details on the, victims but do we even have an age?
Speaker 19: Raised we have a sense of how many, teachers how
Speaker 19: many students?
Speaker 23: INVOLVED i asked THE rcmp a very similar, Question, justine
Speaker 23: and they advised at this, point given that they're still
Speaker 23: notifying families, relatives that they were unable to release that
Speaker 23: information as they wanted to make sure they notified the families.
Speaker 1: First next one To Trent art's From.
Speaker 8: Tumblr Ridgelines, hi this might be a better part of
Speaker 8: it AT, Dcehs but twur hours, ago the biggest story
Speaker 8: here in Tumble ridge was the fact that there was no.
Speaker 26: Coverage in the emergency room after five. O'clock i'm assuming
Speaker 26: that in a situation like this there's exceptional, coverage but.
Speaker 16: You know.
Speaker 26: What's happening with. That are they going to bring in
Speaker 26: additional doctors or is it just going to be shipping
Speaker 26: people off To Dawson creek and For Saint.
Speaker 23: John so the best information that we can share at
Speaker 23: this point is THAT bcehs will be providing an update
Speaker 23: this evening about those twenty five individuals received various, injuries physical.
Speaker 4: Injuries.
Speaker 23: TODAY i don't have any other information to. Share the
Speaker 23: health center in Tumble ridge is a small. Center we
Speaker 23: had offers of assistance From. ALBERTA i know that there
Speaker 23: were medical evacuation services made available air ambulance on BUT
Speaker 23: i don't have any details about any of, that AND
Speaker 23: i would encourage you to wait for THE ehs.
Speaker 1: Update, trent do you have a follow?
Speaker 8: Up? NO i have Great, Thanks, okay next.
Speaker 1: One To Cecilia hua From City news.
Speaker 27: Hither thanks for taking my question For Minister. Tatter we
Speaker 27: heard that there was additional police response from neighboring communities as,
Speaker 27: well so you can elaborate more on. That we heard
Speaker 27: there were police From shetland and helicopter support as.
Speaker 16: Well, yes thank you as AS I AS i, said
Speaker 16: this is a small community with a small, detachment and
Speaker 16: again grateful for the officer's quick, response and they were
Speaker 16: indeed supported by our C mp from surrounding. Communities while
Speaker 16: the the the alert to shelter in place remained and
Speaker 16: certainly during that time ensuring the safety of all community
Speaker 16: members was the utmost, priority and now that that alert
Speaker 16: has come to an, end will continue to ensure that
Speaker 16: OUR cmp resources are made available to support the.
Speaker 1: Investigation, cecilia do you have a follow?
Speaker 27: Up, yes LOCAL rcmp have not yet released the suspects,
Speaker 27: identity but we're hearing from multiple people within the community
Speaker 27: that there seems to be a consensus of who this might.
Speaker 27: Be SO i was wondering if, you in your conversation
Speaker 27: with THE, rcmp if they plan on releasing that identity
Speaker 27: tonight or in the next few.
Speaker 23: HOURS i don't know what OUR cmp plans are about
Speaker 23: releasing the identity of the individual that is the suspected
Speaker 23: shooter in this. Incident THE rcmp will be providing that,
Speaker 23: update updated information as they can going.
Speaker 1: Forward what they've asked for right, now his, patience.
Speaker 23: The, community the, province the country wants this, information needs
Speaker 23: this information to try to make sense what. Happened BUT
Speaker 23: i think everybody's focus right now is making sure that
Speaker 23: the families in N Tumble, ridge the community has.
Speaker 1: Looked after.
Speaker 19: That.
Speaker 1: Concludes nights of that, great thanks very, much.
Speaker 4: Everybody.
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Speaker 15: Right though whole damn time most of us were gone
Speaker 15: in it. Clearer uh things will.
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