Background: 

1. Tumbler Ridge Secondary School is a public school in British Columbia, Canada.
2. Grades 7-12.
3. Approximately 20 staff members and 165 students.
4. Located in Tumbler Ridge with a population of approximately 2,400.

Timeline of Events: 

1. The shooting at the school began Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 1:20.
2. An alarm sounded with instructions to close the doors because of a lockdown.
3. A public alert was sent to phones.
4. Police arrived within 2 minutes.
5. The suspect took their own life.
6. Two Canadian news sources report the suspect is Jesse Strang (17 or 18 years old) but it is not confirmed.
7. 9 were murdered.
8. At least 25 were injured (gunfire, glass, and other debris).
9. The mother, Jennifer Strang, and a sibling of the suspect were found murdered in their home.
10. A parent from the school, during an interview, stated that it was the 'middle' sibling who was murdered and that Jesse Strang went to the school looking for his two other siblings but didn't find them.

Points to Consider

The media reports that 9 were killed. They always say killed to protect from potential liability. I get it. But nine were not killed—nine were murdered and for the sake of the victims and grieving families, it should be more accurate.

Very little to no information is being reported. 

We don’t know how the shooter got in, any connection to the school, or what they did or where they went once inside the school. What we do know is that the shooter appears to have murdered his mother and sibling before beginning the attack.

It is not uncommon to murder or try to murder family members first. It has happened at least 11 other times.

When you’re doing a threat assessment on a student, please try to remember the family. They too may need protection.

Every news source has given the start time for the attack as 1:20. 

It started much earlier. 1:20 is when the shooting started at the school. The attack started the moment the shooter got dressed into their attack clothing, picked up the weapon, and murdered his family. That is when the Path to Violence crossed into the final stage—attack.

The better we understand the threat and the Path to Violence the stronger our protection and the better our responses.