在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省一所学校枪杀了母亲和继弟，随后又杀害了其他六人的跨性别高中辍学生杰西·范·鲁特塞拉尔首次出现在家人发布的照片中——其中一张令人毛骨悚然的照片显示，这位少年面带微笑，手持一支步枪。

18岁的前学生杰西·范·鲁特塞拉尔在坦布勒里奇中学制造了这起枪击案。在他14岁生日时，他的祖母在脸书上发布了几张照片，照片中的他面无表情。

这条发布于2021年8月的帖子写道，“祝我们的孙子杰西14岁生日快乐！！永远爱你！！親親。”

另一张令人不寒而栗的照片显示，范·鲁特塞拉尔与另一个小孩坐在沙发上，脸上挂着灿烂的笑容，手里拿着一支步枪。

范·鲁特塞拉尔在偏远社区的一处私人住宅发动了骇人听闻的袭击，随后又在高中继续行凶，当局称他最终在高中内开枪自杀身亡。

加拿大皇家骑警副局长德韦恩·麦克唐纳表示，范·鲁特塞拉尔“出生时生理性别为男性……大约六年前开始变性为女性，并认同自己为女性。”

据麦克唐纳称，范·鲁特塞拉尔是警方熟知人物，多年来，警方曾多次因担忧他的精神健康状况而到访其家中。

警方此前也从其家中查获了枪支，但合法所有者（麦克唐纳未透露其姓名）成功申请归还了这些枪支。

警方在学校缴获了一支长枪和一支改装手枪，但目前尚不清楚这些武器是否就是之前被没收的那些。

周二下午，警方最初发布的关于学校发生枪击案的警报中，将枪手描述为“身穿连衣裙的女性”。

学校内发现了六具尸体，范·鲁特塞拉尔的母亲（加拿大电视台CTV确认其身份为39岁的詹妮弗·斯特朗）和他11岁的继弟的尸体也在一处私人住宅中被发现。

这场混乱的枪击事件还造成约25人受伤。惊恐万分的学生和老师们回忆说，他们把自己反锁在教室里两个多小时，直到被护送出学校。

这起大规模枪击事件是加拿大历史上最致命的枪击事件之一。1989年，一名枪手在蒙特利尔理工学院枪杀了14名学生。

为应对大规模枪击事件，加拿大采取了严格的枪支管制措施，包括最近扩大了对攻击性武器的禁令范围。

The transgender high school dropout who gunned down his mother and stepbrother before killing six others at a school in British Columbia, Canada, was seen for the first time in resurfaced photos posted by his family — including one eerie snap showing the smiling teen holding a rifle.

Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year-old ex-student who went on a gun 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.

Another chilling picture depicted Van Rootselaar showing off a rifle and wearing a wide grin while sitting on a couch with another young child.

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.

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.”

Van Rootselaar was known to authorities, as police had visited the family home several times over the years, over concerns about his mental health, according to McDonald.

Firearms had also been seized from the home, but the lawful owner — whom McDonald did not name — successfully petitioned to have them returned.

A long gun and a modified handgun were recovered at the school, though it is unclear if those weapons were the ones that had previously been confiscated.

An initial alert issued about an active shooter at the school Tuesday afternoon described the shooter as a “female in a dress.”

Six people were discovered dead inside the school, and the bodies of his mother, who was identified by CTV news as 39-year-old Jennifer Strang, and his stepbrother, 11, were also found at a private residence.

Roughly 25 others were wounded during the chaotic shooting — with terrified students and teachers recalling how theybarricaded themselves inrooms for over two hours before being escorted out of the school.

The mass shooting ranks as one of the deadliest in Canadian history. In 1989, a gunman killed 14 students at L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal.

The country has implemented strong gun control measures in response to mass shootings, including recently broadening a ban on guns considered assault weapons.