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The FBI has released details about weapons potentially used by 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, who killed eight people including family members and school staff in Tumbler Ridge on February 10. The complaint states that Van Rootselaar stole firearms from her family's gun safe and planned to use an SKS rifle, which had previously been confiscated but returned, along with a Canuck-branded shotgun. These weapons were decorated with symbols significant to Van Rootselaar’s identity as transgender.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On February 10, 2026, an 18-year-old named Jesse Van Rootselaar carried out a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada, killing five students and one educational assistant before taking their own life. Two more bodies were found nearby: those of Van Rootselaar’s mother and 11-year-old half-brother. James Cody Bryant, a 30-year-old from Bellingham, Washington, was arrested on charges of conspiracy to murder persons in a foreign country related to this incident. Prosecutors allege that Bryant provided technical advice, financial support, and offered to livestream the attack for six months leading up to the shooting through platforms like Discord. The FBI's Seattle office stated that without Bryant’s involvement, the extent of the tragedy might have been different.
Written for “Canada School Shooting Suspects Arres…” on 2026-10-07,
grounded in this article and the 11 other(s) covering the same event.
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An FBI complaint against a Washington state suspect accused of conspiring with the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter for months provides extensive new details about the guns that may have been used in the attack, and how the teenage killer may have obtained them.
uncertain
killer → accuse → them
The complaint sworn by an FBI agent in Seattle says James Bryant, who is charged with conspiracy to murder in a foreign country, told officers that Jesse Van Rootselaar stole firearms and ammunition from her family’s gun safe and hid them in her room “in preparation for a mass shooting.”
asserted
Rootselaar → swear → shooting
It also says in claims not tested in court that 18-year-old Van Rootselaar told Bryant in online chats that she had convinced another person to purchase ammunition on her behalf, and that one of the weapons she intended to use had been returned after previously being confiscated by the RCMP.
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she → say → RCMP
Van Rootselaar killed eight victims on Feb. 10, including her mother and brother at their home, and five students and an educational assistant at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.
asserted
Rootselaar → kill → School
The RCMP criminal investigation into the shooting is ongoing, despite Van Rootselaar having killed herself at the school.
asserted
Rootselaar → kill → school
Assistant RCMP Commissioner Elija Rain, who is acting commanding officer in B.C., says “investigators have made substantial progress in the criminal investigation.”
asserted
investigators → act → investigation
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Rain says in a statement that the RCMP’s release of information about the case has recently been limited “because of the need to ensure our investigative theories and actions were not compromised.”
asserted
theories → get → need
The FBI complaint released on Tuesday says Van Rootselaar told Bryant on the Discord platform that she possessed a 3D-printed foregrip, firearm magazines and a “switch” device for an SKS rifle, which the FBI says likely referred to a “machine-gun conversion device.”
asserted
FBI → release → device
Bryant, 30, of Bellingham, Wash., allegedly told the FBI that Van Rootselaar “ended up using some of these same items during the Tumbler Ridge shooting.”
uncertain
Rootselaar → tell → shooting
A photo in the complaint depicts a person the FBI says is Van Rootselaar, posing on their knees in a black miniskirt and fishnet stockings, while holding an olive-green rifle with a telescopic sight on the morning of the attack.
asserted
FBI → depict → attack
On the end of the barrel is what appears to be a suppressor, decorated in the blue, white and pink bands of the transgender Pride flag.
asserted
appears → appear → flag
Van Rootselaar was trans, and the FBI said Tuesday that Bryant identifies as female.
asserted
Bryant → say → ?
The FBI says that in December 2025, Van Rootselaar discussed a gun she said she was planning to use in the attack.
asserted
she → say → attack
“The police knocked my SKS sights off zero a lil bit when they roughly confiscated it, so the gun has been hitting high and to the left,” she allegedly told Bryant.
uncertain
she → knock → Bryant
Adjusting the sights would be “a lot of work and I may end up doing my plan with a gun with sights that are super off,” Van Rootselaar allegedly said, before adding “I’m sure I can still do fine.”
uncertain
I → adjust → sights
Another photo shows a Canuck-branded shotgun that Van Rootselaar said would also be used in the attack.
asserted
Rootselaar → show → attack
It is decorated with a sticker, also in blue, white and pink.
asserted
It → decorate → blue
Bryant allegedly tells Van Rootselaar: “Love the stickers … stickers would be so funny to be seen in photos of the incident.”
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stickers → tell → incident
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