FBI complaint depicts Tumbler Ridge shooter’s guns and how they may have been obtained
An FBI complaint reveals new details about a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, suggesting the teenage perpetrator conspired with a Washington state resident to obtain weapons. The investigation highlights how the shooter allegedly stole firearms and coordinated with an accomplice to acquire ammunition.
Why it matters
This case underscores the dangers of cross-border criminal conspiracies in facilitating mass violence and highlights ongoing gaps in firearm security and monitoring.
Elija Rain, acting commanding officer, B.C. RCMP, W. Mike Herrington, special agent in charge of the FBI Seattle field office, and Neil Floyd, acting U.S. attorney, in Seattle, Tuesday. David Ryder/Reuters
An FBI complaint against a Washington state suspect accused of conspiring with the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter for months provides extensive new details about the guns that may have been used in the attack, and how the teenage killer may have obtained them.
The complaint sworn by an FBI agent in Seattle says James Bryant, who is charged with conspiracy to murder in a foreign country, told officers that Jesse Van Rootselaar stole firearms and ammunition from her family’s gun safe and hid them in her room “in preparation for a mass shooting.”
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