TUMBLER RIDGE, British Columbia --The motive for a shooting rampage that left nine dead, Canada's deadliest attack in years, remained unclear Thursday. Mourners braved frigid cold late Wednesday to grieve the victims, with Mayor Darryl Krakowka telling them, "It's OK to cry."

The remote Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge is mourning after a mass shooting in killed eight people, mostly children, plus the shooter.

The girl was transported to a hospital in "extreme critical condition," but her mother provided a hopeful update.

The shooting occurred in Tumbler Ridge, a remote community in British Columbia. The police said the suspect died of a self-inflicted injury.

Authorities said that the 18-year-old shooter killed her mother and 11-year-old stepbrother before heading to the nearby school and opening fire.

The suspect in Canada’s Tumbler Ridge mass shooting posted about guns and hunting on her YouTube channel and appeared to have written about her struggles with mental health online, according to social media posts.

Tumbler Ridge sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia, and is surrounded by expansive mountain ranges and a geological park.