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.
I didn’t realize she was trans when I wrote this comment. I hope people don’t think I’m questioning her gender identity. I’m just saying mass shootings aren’t often done by women.
I guess the question is whether she was pre or post hormone therapy. Testosterone is a hell of a drug.