Jesse Van Rootselaar has a history of mental health illness
Ottawa:
An 18-year-old trans woman with mental health issues has been identified as the killer behind the deadly shooting in British Columbia, Canada, that resulted in nine deaths. Jesse Van Rootselaar killed her mother and stepbrother before attacking her former school, police said, without offering a motive for one of the worst mass slaughters in Canadian history.
The killer died by suicide after the shooting on Tuesday in Tumbler Ridge, a remote community of 2,400 people in the Pacific province of British Columbia.
About The Shooter
Rootselaar was a transgender woman who was born biologically male and dropped out of the targeted high school four years ago, news agency AFP reported, quoting Police Commander Dwayne McDonald.The officer said the shooter had previously held a firearms licence, which had lapsed, and the weapons had previously been confiscated from her residence -- but were subsequently returned.
- https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/can...1st-shot-mother-step-brother-at-home-10991717
