Morning Wire Trans Shooter Claims Lives & Parental Rights Gain Traction | 2.12.26
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Feb 12, 2026 
Meg Brock, a Daily Wire investigative reporter covering Ohio child-welfare and gender-identity policy. Tim Pierce, a Daily Wire reporter with on-the-ground coverage of the British Columbia mass shooting. They discuss the school shooting’s timeline and aftermath. They cover Ohio’s proposed parental-rights measures and scrutiny of local child-welfare practices. They also touch on federal and state policy responses and FDA chemical-preservative reviews.
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Tumbler Ridge Shooting Details
- An 18-year-old who identified as female carried out a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, killing multiple people including his mother and brother.
- Students barricaded classrooms for two to two and a half hours before evacuation as the suspect was found dead at the school.
Trans Identification And Reporting Errors
- The shooter had identified as transgender for about five years and media initially misreported the sex.
- Hosts and guests link a rising number of trans-identifying shooters to broader trends in recent mass shootings.
Possible Medical Factors In Some Shootings
- Penny Nance and others see a pattern of violent incidents involving people transitioning genders and note possible links to testosterone and psychotropic drugs.
- The conversation suggests recent increases in such shootings may relate to medical and mental-health factors.