A teacher and five students among those killed in attack in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday

Amid questions over how Van Rootselaar was described in alerts, McDonald said police “identified the suspect as they chose to be identified” in public and in social media.

“I can say that Jesse was born as a biological male who, approximately six years ago, began to transition to female and identified as female, both socially and publicly,” he said.

I guess the right has their angle now.