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NP View: Tumbler Ridge murderer was given a pass again and again
Jesse Van Rootsellar seemed a good candidate for long-term institutionalization, but was sent home
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There is no way to adequately capture with words the horror that unfolded at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Tuesday. Five students aged 12 and 13 and a teacher were gunned down in a horrifying murderous rampage for no reason. The mother and 11-year-old stepbrother of the shooter were also shot dead.
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That’s six young souls who will never grow up. Six boys and girls who were denied the chance to graduate, to fall in love, to discover their passion, to have children of their own, to simply live, to experience the ups and downs of life that we are all gifted. Their young lives snuffed out in an instant, along with all that might have been, could have been. Just as they were denied their adulthood, their parents and loved ones will be denied the chance of watching them grow for years to come. These families will be forever scarred.
The two children in critical care, and the 25 others injured in the attack, will be marked by this day their whole lives. Not a single person in the northeastern B.C. town will be........