SHOOTING AT CANADIAN PARLIAMENT & WAR MEMORIAL
50 SHOTS FIRED!!!
Suspect was wearing a scarf. May have hijacked a car to parliament building.
According to CBC the hijacked car belonged to a minister!
MUST SEE– SHOOTING VIDEO INSIDE PARLIAMENT BUILDING!!!!
*** CBC witness says there may have been two suspects!
POLICE ARE RUNNING INTO THE PARLIAMENT!
BREAKING PHOTO—–
Man receiving CPR at Canadian War Memorial on Parliament Hill – reportedly shot.
The soldier was one of two soldiers guarding the war memorial.
Parliament Hill was shut down.
There is an active shooter alert.
Canadian Prime Minister Harper was taken to a safe location.
Active shooter near #Canada's capital, Ottawa. Soldier shot, shots fired inside Parliament. Canada's @pmharper taken to safety @WilliamsJon
— Nancy Hennen (@Tweetbrk) October 22, 2014
Man thought to be member of Canadian Forces shot at National War Memorial, reports of gunfire http://t.co/wo3MJNzbFf pic.twitter.com/8MRVtKoiuG
— Nancy Hennen (@Tweetbrk) October 22, 2014
Report: Shooter was a man in a black coat who was seen running towards parliament.
Witness says four shots were fired.
“I saw a small guy with long hair and a long rifle.”
Witness recalls hearing 4 shots, “I saw a sm.guy w/long hair" said suspect had a "long rifle.” http://t.co/O3LVZaSvrB pic.twitter.com/x2Z6ZkGl8n
— Nancy Hennen (@Tweetbrk) October 22, 2014
The MPs were told to leave the building.
One victim was taken to hospital.
FOX News says multiple shootings in Ottawa.
** Live CBC TV reporting here.
The victim was taken away by ambulance.
CBC TV said 50 SHOTS were fired at the war memorial and inside parliament building!
30 to 50 shots were fired inside the building.
Members of parliament says the shooter was killed!!
The gunman was walking down the Hall of Honour shooting.
Liberal Mp John McKay: "the guy was walking down the Hall of Honour with a rifle." McKay says he heard about 10 shots. #cdnpoli
— Tim Harper (@nutgraf1) October 22, 2014
UPDATE: At 10:53 AM (ET) there is still an active shooter.
Police are hiding behind a stone wall.
Construction worker Jin Botting helped a woman out by building a scaffold. She was going to jump out a window pic.twitter.com/JGK607PajO
— Tim Harper (@nutgraf1) October 22, 2014
People are running off of Parliament Hill.
People now running off the Hill Down Wellington St.
— Tim Harper (@nutgraf1) October 22, 2014
More shots were fired off of Parliament Hill.
They found the suspect’s car.
Police say they have located car belonging to suspect in #Ottawa shooting. Uniformed soldier shot at War Memorial, condition unknown.
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) October 22, 2014
UPDATE: (11:07 AM ET) Officials say there is still an active shooter alert.
The BBC reported on the shooting – Jihadists are suspected.
UPDATE: Confirmation that one suspect is dead inside parliament building.
Ottawa police investigating several shooting incidents.
#Ottpolice and @RCMPGRCpolice investigating several shooting incidents in downtown #Ottawa.
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) October 22, 2014
UPDATE: A second shooter may have been shot.
Police source has told a Globe colleague of mine that a second shooter has been shot
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) October 22, 2014
CBC says two or three shooters were involved.
UPDATE: Police say there were three shootings.
Police saying 3 separate shootings – one in parliament, one at war memorial, one at Rideau Centre mall, via CTV. (still in lockdown)
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) October 22, 2014
UPDATE: (12:40 ET) There is confirmation that there was more than one suspect – possibly three.