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   George Stephanopoulos to All   
   'Gunperson' in a 'dress' behind Canada†  
   12 Feb 26 01:21:02   
   
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   XPost: alt.society.mental-health, or.politics   
      
   Canadian education teaches children to lie about what they see.   
      
   Gunperson = male queer in a dress.   
      
   High school students barricaded classroom doors with tables and chairs   
   for at least two hours while a shooter — described as a “gunperson” in a   
   â€œdress” — left nine dead and 25 injured during Canada’s deadliest   
   school   
   shooting in nearly 40 years.   
      
   Darian Quist, a 12th-grader, was in his mechanics class Tuesday   
   afternoon when Tumbler Ridge Secondary School students in remote   
   northeastern British Columbia were plunged into lockdown.   
      
   â€œFor a while, I didn’t think anything was going on,” he told CBC. “I   
   thought it was just like maybe a ‘Secure and hold’ but once everything   
   starts circulating, we kind of realized something was wrong.”   
      
   Quist, his classmates and his teacher were all in the classroom — where   
   they stayed for between two and two and a half hours — before being   
   escorted out by cops. He did not hear the shooter go about their   
   rampage.   
      
   The students were “very nervous” and Quist described the atmosphere as   
   â€œtense,” but they tried to keep each other motivated. During the   
   lockdown, he was sent grisly material on his cellphone.   
      
   â€œOnce people sent me some photos, it definitely set in what was actually   
   happening,” he said.   
      
   â€œThey [the photos] were disturbing, just showing blood and things like   
   that. That’s when it all really set in.”   
      
   There were 14 to 15 people in the classroom and Quist’s teacher helped   
   organize students, shove tables against doors, and create an escape   
   plan.   
      
   â€œThe police came through the door, yelling ‘Hands up, hands up,’ things   
   like that, and we were all escorted out of the classroom keeping our   
   hands up the entire time,” he said.   
      
   While he was being ushered out of the building, cops were stationed   
   throughout the school, making sure there was no threat.   
      
   Footage obtained by Western Standard shows students with their arms   
   raised as they walk out of the school building.   
      
   Cops rushed to the school within two minutes of receiving the call,   
   according to David Eby, the British Columbia premier.   
      
   Six people, including the suspected shooter, were found dead inside the   
   school building. Two people were found dead at a home that authorities   
   believe was linked to the attack.   
      
   Another person died while being rushed to the hospital. Twenty-five   
   people were injured.   
      
   The identity of the shooter has not been released.   
      
   An initial alert issued about an active shooter at the school Tuesday   
   afternoon described the suspect as a “female in a dress.”   
      
   The police superintendent later described the shooter as a “gunperson”   
   in a press briefing, the Telegraph reported — fueling speculation that   
   they may have been transgender.   
      
   The shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but Ken Floyd, the   
   Royal Canadian Mounted Police superintendent, has not revealed the   
   shooter’s motive, the Guardian reported.   
      
   â€œWe’re following all leads to try to determine the connection to the   
   shooter,” Floyd said, according to the outlet. “I think we will struggle   
   to determine the ‘why,’ but we will try our best to determine what   
   transpired.”   
      
   Authorities have been left reeling by what unfolded. Darryl Krakowka,   
   the Tumbler Ridge mayor, said he “broke down” when he learned about the   
   horror.   
      
   â€œIt’s devastating,” he told reporters. “I have lived here for 18 years.   
   I probably know every one of the victims.”   
      
   The shooting, which happened in the town that has a population of around   
   2,400 people, is Canada’s deadliest since 2020, when a shooter gunned   
   down 13 people in Nova Scotia and set fires that also killed nine   
   others.   
      
   It’s Canada’s deadliest school shooting in 37 years. In 1989, 14   
   students were killed at Montreal’s L’Ecole Polytechnique school.   
      
   Around 160 students between the ages of 12 and 18 are enrolled at   
   Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, according to its website.   
      
   The school has been closed for the rest of the week.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/02/11/world-news/tumbler-ridge-students-barricade   
      
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