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Revealed: 6ft trans school shooter wanted to be ‘petite’
telegraph ^ | Feb 13 | Max Stephens International Crime Correspondent. Iona Cleave in Tumbler Ridge, Canada

Posted on 02/13/2026 1:37:13 AM PST by RandFan

The transgender teenager responsible for Canada’s worst school shooting in nearly 40 years struggled with his physical appearance and was fixated with guns and drugs.

Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old from the remote town of Tumbler Ridge who was born a male, wrote online about his 6ft frame and his desire to be a “petite” woman.

He shot dead his mother, Jennifer Strang, and his 11-year-old stepbrother on Tuesday afternoon before walking to his former school 10 minutes away and opening fire on pupils and staff, killing eight before taking his own life.

Police initially described the shooter as a “gunperson” and a “female in a dress”. They later revealed that Van Rootselaar had begun transitioning at the age of 12 and publicly identified as female.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Canada; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; canada; freaksversusnormals; furries; lockdowns; reddit; tiktok; trans; transmassmurderers; violence; xyxx
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1 posted on 02/13/2026 1:37:13 AM PST by RandFan
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Seems like the answer here...is to drug (to a extreme level) the guy up enough to believe he was 4’9”.


2 posted on 02/13/2026 1:40:02 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice
Know God, know peace. No god, no peace.

Its that simple.

3 posted on 02/13/2026 1:59:38 AM PST by Ikeon
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To: RandFan

And I wanted to be a suave ladies man. But I pulled the “nerdy Irish-Catholic kid from the midwest” card instead. You gotta play the cards you’re dealt.

CC


4 posted on 02/13/2026 2:18:05 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!)
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To: RandFan

He needed a psychiatrist, better parents, and God. Totally messed up guy.


5 posted on 02/13/2026 2:23:46 AM PST by moviefan8
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To: pepsionice

“One pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small, and the one that mother gives you don’t anything at all...”


6 posted on 02/13/2026 3:04:52 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: pepsionice

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJM_jC7j_4


7 posted on 02/13/2026 3:07:42 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: RandFan

He was estranged from his father.

Sons tend to become feminine when raised by a strong dominant mother. If the mother is masculine, the son’s often develop into the compliment.

Ever notice that if you are driving a car and someone sits in the passenger seat telling you when to turn, when to brake, and thinks for you, it eventually becomes very difficult to think for yourself and later follow the same route when you are alone.

This happens as when the father is gone, the mother forms a co-dependency with the developing child rather than with a spouse. A developing soul needs some freedom to develop their own identity naturally, rather than being molded into the compliment of a strong co-dependent mother.


8 posted on 02/13/2026 3:11:16 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: RandFan

He didn’t like his big feet. Kind of toxic when dudes do not want be dudes.


9 posted on 02/13/2026 3:27:03 AM PST by Kudsman (Bah bah bah-bah, bah bah bah-bah, I wanna be sedated!)
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To: Kudsman

Affirmation Kill, we need to outlaw affirmation from operations to pronouns....


10 posted on 02/13/2026 3:42:17 AM PST by aklurker
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To: moviefan8

That’s a polite way of saying he was a nutjob

Sad isnt it

There needs to be an early intervention program


11 posted on 02/13/2026 3:45:37 AM PST by RandFan
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To: pepsionice

Some pills make you small
And the ones mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all


12 posted on 02/13/2026 3:45:48 AM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: RandFan

I was Wedding Coordinator at a 5-star resort in Hawaii in the early ‘90s. Internet was sketchy, most clients were from Europe or mainland USA, so all arrangements were made via phone.

One bride wanted to be like Audrey Hepburn. Kept insisting that she wanted a nosegay. (WHY do I remember that? Weird.) We assumed she was a petite brunette.

Anyhow, when she finally showed up she was a big fat blonde chick. She wanted to be petite, but she didn’t shoot anybody.


13 posted on 02/13/2026 3:56:14 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: RandFan

Pretty much you are right.


14 posted on 02/13/2026 4:05:08 AM PST by moviefan8
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To: RandFan

So the 6 foot transvestite was aware he was insane to begin with.

Anyone associated with LGBTWRSTUVWXYZ freak show should be institutionalized.


15 posted on 02/13/2026 4:17:38 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: RandFan

Why didn’t he just identify as petite?
He could look into a mirror and “see” a woman, just not a petite woman?
Who thinks transgenderism isn’t a severe brain disorder? The majority of mass murderers have that disorder. Bring back mental asylums.


16 posted on 02/13/2026 4:56:49 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: tired&retired

Too much mom + not enough dad = homosexual male.


17 posted on 02/13/2026 4:58:09 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: RandFan


Neat... Sweet... Petite
18 posted on 02/13/2026 5:01:41 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: RandFan

ROTFL. Sissy boy wanted to be cuddly. What a maggot.


19 posted on 02/13/2026 5:06:09 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (**** ICE (Illegal Criminal Emigrants).)
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To: RandFan

It is unfortunate that his parents supported his insanity. Maybe they, he and those he murdered would still be alive if they (his parents) had only sought treatment for him...and for themselves.


20 posted on 02/13/2026 5:19:33 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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