Tumbler Ridge shooter identified as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar

This grab from video shows students exiting the Tumbler Ridge school after deadly shootings, in British Columbia (Pictures: AP)

The alleged suspect behind the mass shooting in a remote Canadian town has been identified.

Jesse Van Rootselaar has been named as the alleged shooter in Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia, Canada.

Van Rootselaar was identified as the shooter by Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deputy commissioner Dwayne McDonald on Wednesday.

Six people were shot...