CP NewsAlert: RCMP name victims of Tumbler Ridge shootings

By Canadian Press on February 12, 2026.

TUMBLER RIDGE — RCMP have named those who died in shootings at Tumbler Ridge, B.C., this week, including the five children and teacher who were killed at a school and the mother and stepbrother of the shooter.

The victims at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School were Abel Mwansa, Kylie Smith, Zoey Benoit and Ticaria Lampert, all aged 12, as well as 13-year-old Ezekiel Schofield and educator Shannda Aviugana-Durand, 39.

The mother of the shooter is identified as Jennifer Jacobs, who was also known as Jennifer Strang, 39, who died at her home with 11-year-old Emmett Jacobs.

More coming.

The Canadian Press