Terrified students seen fleeing Tumbler Ridge school in Canada as nine are killed in horror mass shooting

Terrified students fled a secondary school in Canada on Tuesday after a mass shooter wearing a dress went on a deadly rampage.

The attacker has not yet been named, and their motive remains unclear. They were described as a 'female in a dress with brown hair' in an emergency alert sent to phones.

As police searched the school, they found six people shot dead. A seventh person with a gunshot wound died en route to the hospital.

Two more people were found dead at a nearby home believed to be connected to the deadly attack.

Schoolchildren barricaded their classroom doors with tables as they hid from the shooter.

Auto mechanic teacher Jarbas Noronha said he was locked in his classroom with his students for over two hours before they were escorted to safety.

‘We were in the safest part of the school,’ he told The New York Times. ‘If someone tried to break in through the hallway door, we would run to the yard through the garage doors.’

Noronha added, ‘I’m quite calm, but I still don’t know how many students were hurt. I don’t think many students are in a condition to go back now.’

The Canadian Olympic Committee said it is 'heartbroken' by the Tumbler Ridge school shooting.

'We are heartbroken by the news of the horrific school shooting that occurred in British Columbia,' Team Canada said in a statement.

'Our thoughts are with the families who have lost loved ones, those who are injured, and the entire Tumbler Ridge community. Team Canada stands with everyone affected as they navigate difficult days ahead.'

Pictured: Team Canada at the Opening Ceremony of the Milan Cortina Olympics

At least nine people have died, including two at a private residence, after a shooter wearing a dress opened fire on a high school, before turning the gun on themselves.

Six people were killed at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia on Tuesday afternoon in the second deadliest school shooting in Canadian history.

An additional victim died on the way to the hospital, police confirmed to CBC News.

Two more people were found dead at a nearby home believed to be connected to the deadly attack.

The shooter was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe they died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Twenty-five others were injured in the Tuesday afternoon massacre at the small, rural high school. Their conditions remain unknown at this time.

Canadian shooter killed two people at house before school massacre

Six people were found dead inside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in British Columbia, as well as two at a connected residence.