Canadian school shooter created ‘mall massacre simulator’ (VIDEO)

The 18-year-old suspect responsible for the deadliest school shooting in British Columbia in decades created a video game on the popular platform Roblox that allowed users to simulate a shooting in a shopping mall.

Jesse Van Rootselaar, a former student at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, is accused of killing nine people, including his mother, 11-year-old stepbrother, five students, and a teacher, before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on February 10.

“We have removed the user account connected to this horrifying incident as well as any content associated with the suspect,” a Roblox spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday.

The game, which depicted a blocky, cartoon character wielding various weapons and shooting others in a shopping mall setting, was initially discovered not by police, but by users on the online forum Kiwi Farms. Videos of the simulation circulated online before Roblox intervened. The company claimed the game had only received seven visits prior to its removal.

The revelation is part of a larger, troubling digital footprint left by Van Rootselaar, who was identified by internet users and alternative media outlets before law enforcement officially clarified the suspect’s gender. Police initially referred to the suspect as a “gunperson in a dress” and “an 18-year-old female.” Only when pressed by reporters on Wednesday did the RCMP spokesperson admit that “Jesse was born as a biological male.”