Memorial which i believe you are looking at now which is a five minute walk between the buildings. I thought it was just firecrackers going off so i looked across the street there was a man with a rifle shooting at a bunch of people. Let me see your hands on your head. There are multiple shooting locations in ottawa right now. The house of parliament is dead. Getting a lot of praise the former officer himself. Apparently shooting the suspect in ptaliban and taking him down. She was crying, her kids are inside. Victims of the shooting are a member of the forces. Guy came from the side on my lefthand side came out with a rifle and shot at the man and then the guy went falling down. Everybody was just in shock. The first patient went in at 10 20 a. M. That was the suspect in the case. 17 minutes later one an hour and a half later one 45 minutes after that. We learned the shooter was recently designated a traveler by the canadian government and had his passport ceased. Life in washington w
At 9 52 this morning with reports of shots fired. The gunman reportedly ran toward Parliament Hill which is now underlockdown. Jon joining us, carl adams, former Royal Canadian mounted police. Our understanding that several members about parliament have tweeted out, that the gunman was shot and killed. Do you have any further confirmation of that . No, i dont. The information is still sketchy coming from all different sources but nothing that i have seen right now has indicated that the shooter has been shot. Jon this comes just two days after a couple of Canadian Military members were run down and one of them killed by, by somebody who had apparently a terrorist sympathies. Is there any indication that those, these two events are related . There is no indication of that right now. Im sure the rcmp system and other Police Services will look into all the information that comes out regarding the incident. Jon typically how wellguarded is the Parliament Building . Well the Parliament Buil
Just happened in canada leading up to this. Last week, canadas version of the pentagon, their department of National Defense instituted a new policy related to members of the armed forces and the press. After canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper announced the canadian aircraft and personnel would be taking part in the Coalition Air campaign against isis militants in iraq, the Defense Department subsequently announced new restrictions on how the media would be allowed to cover Canadian Military personnel deploying to that fight. This is how a clearly frustrated toronto Sun Newspaper wrote up the new media restrictions. This is that article from the sun. They explained for the first time although they, as the press, were being allowed to show that there were some canadian troops leaving to go fight isis in iraq, the new restrictions on them included news photographers not being allowed to show any of the soldiers faces too closely and News Reporters and photographers not being allowed t
Endangering yourself, senator. Oh, no, dont worry about that. And from what youve heard and seen, apparently, there were several shootings. We know also of recent briefings. You were recounting to my colleague tamron hall, tell me about the security briefings that you and your colleagues have had. To americans, of course, Parliament Hill in ottawa would be a very different experience. It is what we knew of pre9 11 here in washington when the capitol was accessible to people. Yes, indeed. The tourists come on Parliament Hill and dont see any of our officers, our security staff with guns. Nobody has a gun visibly that you can see. In one portion of the center block, there are 20 Security Officers who wear plain clothing, so you think theyre just tourists, but they do have guns. Now, thats only in onehalf of the center block. Thats the house of commons half. The lower house. Then in the senate half, where i am, nobody has a gun. Nobody has any weapon as a Security Officer when you go in t
That was the the scene inside Canadas Parliament today, those heartstopping pops, more than 30 of them echoing throughout the sandstone hall sending govern am employees and bystanders sprinting for their lives. The crazy barrage of gun fire shut down downtown ottawa and left a canadian soldier dead. The soldier was standing guard at one of canadas most hallowed sites when a gunman apparently opened fire on him. He was later pronounced dead at a local hospital according to Canadian Police. Officials did not say how many people had been shot, but an ottawa hospital says they have released two other victims and people remain on lockdown throughout parliament and ottawas downtown tower. As police scour the area for possible additional gunmen, shutting down bridges and clearing the capital corridor, office by office. A senior u. S. Official tells cnn that canadian authorities have passed along a name of the suspect, and if its a name, and theyre combing through databases and signals intelli