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The transgender high school dropout who gunned down his mother and stepbrother before killing six others at a British Columbia high school has been seen for the first time in recently resurfaced photos posted by his family.
Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old ex-student who went on a gun-wielding rampage at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, was spotted straight-faced in several pictures posted by his grandmother on Facebook for his 14th birthday.
“Happy 14th birthday to our grandson Jesse !! Love you always !! XOXO,” the post from August 2021 read.
Van Rootselaar launched the horrifying attack at a private residence in the remote community before continuing the carnage at the high school, where authorities said he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Canadian authorities have said Van Rootselaar underwent mental health treatment. 
The killer killed his mother and stepbrother before his massacre at teh school. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said Van Rootselaar was “born a biological male … who approximately six years ago began to transition to female, and identified as female.”
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