Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Christine romans is on assignment. It is thursday, october 23rd. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Breaking news overnight on the shootings wednesday that the canada Prime Minister is calling a terrorist. A gunman killed a soldier at the national war memorial, wounding others and apparently ran into a nearby building on Parliament Hill where he was shot and killed by security officers. We know more about this suspect. A gunman who was a muslim convert. A man who had his passport revoked over fears of dubious travel. A man in the last year had in fact traveled to the United States. We know more about the victim, a soldier in his 20s with a 6yearold son. A man who loved dogs and rescued stray animals. We know more about the hero of the 58yearold sergeantatarms who may have saved the lives of countless members. Stephen harper called for unity among canadians and with the countrys allies with the fight against terrorism. Attacks on our security personnel and o
Also coming up for you, anger on the streets of ferguson, missouri. New details emerge from the autopsy of a slain teen, and it threatens to push an already tense situation over the edge. Lots to get to, but we want to begin in ottawa, canada, where a soldier, and the man who shot him, are dead at this hour. Authorities still scrambling for answers. This all started wednesday morning in the Canadian Capital when the gunman shot and killed a soldier at the National War Memorial. From there, he ran to Parliament Hill, thats where he burst through the buildings main entrance and then began shooting. [ gunfire ] just got a sense of the chaos at the time. Police say the gunmans name and michael zehafbibeau. Witnesses say he opened fire inside parliament before he was shot by the sergeant at arms. Investigators a bibeau converted to islam and had his passport confiscated after he tried to leave canada to fight overseas. Prime minister Steven Harper addressed the nation. Fellow canadians, in
We want to give you a sense of the panic inside parliament when the gunman open fired. Mccormack mcsweeney is the Parliament Hill bureau chief. Just take a listen to his audio that he recorded himself. I dont know. A bunch of gunshots. A guy with a shotgun . . Where do we go . Where do we go . Its certainly chilling listening to the details of that. We do want to check in now with susan candiotti. She is in ottawa and she joins us now live. So susan, what more are we learning about the suspect and about the investigation of this shooting rampage. Hi, rosemary. Well, we understand that he was born under a different name. The name that he was born under was Michael David hall, born in 1982 here in canada. And as you indicated, converted to islam. Prior to that, he had a lot of problems with drugs, we are told. And there are also several reports that he faced arrests for both drugs and other petty crimes over the years. Some of these dating back several, several years. We are also underst
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