Police say the suspect's firearms licence expired two years ago, and exactly who owned the guns used in the attack is unclear.
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Police say the 18-year-old - who was found dead on the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound - killed eight people, including six children, in Tuesday's attack in Tumbler Ridge.
Jesse Van Rootselaar had previously been apprehended and assessed under the Mental Health Act, and used to have a firearms licence.
It is unclear who owned the guns used in the attack, or what was the motive. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he will visit the mountain town in the coming days.
British Columbia, in western Canada, proclaimed Thursday a day of mourning across the province.
Five students aged 12 to 13 and a 39-year-old teacher were killed and at least 25 others were injured at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.
Two others - the suspect's mother, also 39, and 11-year-old step-brother - were found dead at a nearby home, where the attack began.
Two young victims remain in hospital in a critical but stable condition.
In Tumbler Ridge, flags remained at half-mast on Thursday, and a memorial to the victims was growing as mourners stopped by to drop off teddy bears and flowers and pause for a moment of silence.
Residents could be found hugging and comforting one another as they come to terms with what took place.
"Small towns are small towns. We look out for each other. It's not like living in a city where you don't know your neighbor," said Shelley Quist.
"It doesn't happen here. It doesn't happen in Canada."
Her son, Darian Quist, 17, was in the mechanics classroom with about 15 other students when the shooting took place. They blocked the doors and remained there for about two hours, until police escorted them out.
He said he knew one of the victims, and the students are feeling "all a little shocked, angry, sad, everything in between".
That these attacks could happen in the first place, and "in a place lik
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