00:00An 18-year-old transgender shooter, Jesse Van Rootsalar, has been ID'd as the gunman who opened fire at a
00:07Canadian high school, killing eight.
00:09The attack, one of the deadliest shootings in Canada's history, began at a residence in the very remote, close-knit
00:16town of Tumblr Ridge in British Columbia.
00:19There, Van Rootsalar murdered his mother and stepbrother.
00:22The rampage continued at the shooter's former school, the Tumblr Ridge Secondary School.
00:26Six more victims found at that school, one female teacher, three female students, and two male students.
00:33Approximately 25 other people were injured, and a few seriously, including a 12-year-old fighting for her life after
00:39being shot in the head and neck.
00:41Van Rootsalar died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the school.
00:45The initial active shooter alert described the perpetrator as a, quote, female in a dress,
00:50and police later described Van Rootsalar as a, quote, gun person, fueling the speculation that the dress-wearing shooter may
00:57have been transgender.
00:58The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said later on Wednesday that the shooter was, quote,
01:02born a biological male who approximately six years ago began to transition to female and identified as female.
01:08Authorities said that police visited the family home multiple times over the last few years due to concerns about Van
01:14Rootsalar's mental health.
01:15And two years ago, police removed two firearms from the home, but the owner, who was not named, successfully petitioned
01:22to have them returned.
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