Active shooter incident confirmed at Canadian high school; at least 1 suspect found dead: police

Tumbler Ridge Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed an progressive shooter incidental Tuesday astatine Tumber Ridge Secondary School successful British Columbia, with astatine slightest 1 fishy recovered dead.

Police confirmed to Fox News Digital the "original suspect" is believed to person been recovered dead, but they are moving to find if determination was a 2nd fishy progressive and the full fig of victims.

"We person nary confirmation astatine this clip connected the fig of individuals injured oregon requiring assistance," Tumbler Ridge RCMP wrote successful a statement.

An progressive shooter was confirmed astatine Tumbler Ridge Secondary School successful British Columbia.

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Police stay connected the country and person issued a localized constabulary exigency alert.

Those successful the Tumbler Ridge country are asked to enactment inside, fastener their doors and refrain from leaving their homes oregon businesses.

Additional constabulary resources are being deployed to the country from neighboring detachments, on with the North District Emergency Response Team.

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In a connection connected its website, the Peace River South School District said it is "aware of a lockdown and unafraid and clasp astatine Tumbler Ridge Secondary and Tumbler Ridge Elementary schools."

"We are asking radical to person patience arsenic we enactment with the RCMP," schoolhouse officials wrote.

Peace River South MLA Larry Neufeld released a connection connected societal media noting helium is connected the mode to the scene.

"I americium alert of the progressive shooter concern presently unfolding successful Tumbler Ridge, and my thoughts are with residents arsenic this concern continues to develop," Neufeld wrote. "I person been successful nonstop interaction with the Solicitor General to person updates and to guarantee each indispensable provincial resources are being made disposable to enactment section instrumentality enforcement and exigency responders."

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"Public information is the implicit priority. I impulse everyone successful the country to travel RCMP instructions, stay sheltered, and trust lone connected authoritative updates," helium continued. "I americium leaving Victoria instantly to instrumentality to my riding to beryllium connected the crushed and disposable to enactment the assemblage successful immoderate mode needed. I volition proceed to enactment intimately engaged arsenic this concern evolves."

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