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EXCLUSIVE - Our deep dive into the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter's online footprint revealed a familiar radicalization pathway.

18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar killed 6 kids aged 11-13 along with a teacher and his own mother before taking his own life.

There are a lot of unaswered questions - the biggest being Jesse's motivations for targeting that specific school. But there are a few key details we can glean from his online footprint.

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1. No known connection to 764 or O9A

An individual connected to the 764 "edgesphere" created a hoax account pretending to be Jesse with the same name as his YouTube channel.

The hoax account was suspended and the individual later boasted on another account about the hoax, which successfully fooled some large accounts into sharing it as evidence of connection to 764/O9A.

We see these types of hoaxes after every shooting, committed by the same threat actors in an attempt to get attention.

The false connection to satanic communities is a relatively new phenomenon. Years ago, when I first discovered the connection between satanic accelerationism and mass shootings, groups like O9A and 764 were unknown to the public.

Now they are basically household names, yet still too fringe and esoteric for the public to really understand. It's not surprising that people leap to attribute every modern mass shooting to these groups, even when they are not.

2. The shooter had a mass shooting simulator game on Roblox

As shared by @RealSchlep and @realRubenSim, the shooter had a Roblox account he used to create a "mall shooting simulator" game.

Games like this are frequently created and played by people associated with the “TCC” community. TCC is an online group that glorifies and even sexualizes former mass killers. TCC involvement has been implicated in the vast majority of recent mass shootings.

Shooters influenced by TCC usually have a nihilistic/misanthropic motive along with an explicit desire to achieve notoriety by signaling their attacks online, writing manifestos, picking soft targets and focusing on kill count (“high score”).

3. The shooter researched Samantha Rupnow in the months leading up to his attack.

On the gore website WatchPeopleDie, Jesse viewed a profile belonging to Samantha Rupnow ("Crossixir") 2 months ago. Rupnow was a 764-linked biological female who committed a mass shooting in Madison, WI in December of 2024.

Very few mass shootings are committed by females. As a result, Rupnow spawned legions of copycats and fans who worship and emulate her, and she became one of the most well-known names in the TCC community.

The shooter's interest in Rupnow, combined with his other online activity, indicates he was interested in the TCC community and was likely planning his attack for at least 2 months.

4. The shooter identified as a transgender "lesbian"

Jesse Van Rootselaar began medically transitioning to female at age 12 with the approval of his mom.

By 18, Jesse identified as a male-to-female transgender and was ingesting a dangerous cocktail of hormones, psychiatric medications, and illegal drugs, including hallucinogens.

Jesse used the chatting feature on WPD to chat with other gore-curious individuals. 5 months ago, Jesse chatted with another user about being trans, identifying himself as a lesbian before inviting the other user to add him on Discord.

Jesse's Discord footprint is still murky.

5. Takeaways

Jesse Van Rootselaar was a troubled teen whose online footprint indicate a familiar online radicalization pathway. While not formally connected to O9A/764, he likely rubbed shoulders with members of the NVE threat landscape and was probably motivated by misanthropy and influenced by adjacent online communities like TCC.

The elephant in the room:

There is an increasing incidence of violent acts committed by online radicalized transgenders. (As a disclaimer, I would never advocate for hate or discrimination against a group of people, and I believe that the majority of people identifying as transgender are nonviolent.)

Gender confused kids and young adults are overrepresented in dangerous online communities. They often struggle with societal ostracization, isolation, insecurity and identity instability which makes them prime candidates for groomers. HRT combined with psychiatric medications can potentially increase the risk for emotional instability in teens.

Transgender youth are also popular targets for online groomers because of the political controversy associated with transgender mass shooters.

One of the basic concepts of accelerationism is to stage an attack in such a way that it causes political infighting. Several years ago, accelerationists favored white supremacist mass shootings. Today, they get more of a rise out of the public, and thus more bang for their buck, with transgenderism.

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