Craig McCulloch

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they found the first victims inside the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School.

One died en route to hospital and another two were found in a residence in the small town of 2,400 people in northeastern British Columbia.

The shooter was found dead inside the school.

RCMP Superintendent Ken Floyd says it might be hard to find any motive.

Floyd says the original alert issued in the early afternoon of a female shooter are correct.

For NPR News, I'm Craig McCulloch in Vancouver.