The suspect in a school shooting in Canada has been identified as an 18-year-old who had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health.

The suspect in a Canada school shooting was an 18-year-old who had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health, authorities said Wednesday, a day after the attack that killed eight people in a remote part of British Columbia.

Police said Jesse Van Rootselaar was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted wound following the assault on a school in the small mountain community of Tumbler Ridge.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Van Rootselaar first killed her mother and stepbrother at the family home before attacking the nearby school. She had a history of mental health contacts with police, he said.

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 days ago

    they always seem to already know of the suspects before they commit

    Yeah. We have these rules around proof and actionable Intel before the cops can just go grab someone. They’re not ICE. But it doesn’t mean the cops don’t know about a person.

    • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Yes of course they cant just yoink people, but then whats the point of more surveillance? If they cant legally prevent it anyways, then its pointless.