Shot him dead. This Evening Police have been slowly lifting the lockdown on Parliament Hill and in the city. Police say the alleged shooter, michael zehafbibeau , was a recent convert to islam with a criminal record and plans to fight overseas for radical islam. More on that and what we know about him shortly. First randy kaye and how this day unfolded. Reporter 9 52, a. M. , a blaze of gunfire at the canadian war memorial in ottawa. One of two soldiers standing guard at the memorial is gunned down. I was locking my book ike up. I heard four shots from that directs. I turned around and ran. I saw one of the soldiers laying on the ground. Eyewitness Peter Henderson said the shots sounded like they came from a highpowered rifle. Other witnesses describe the shooter as a man with dark hair and a scarf on his head, carrying a huge rifle. The man came around the corner of the Prime Ministers office, put the gun on his shoulder and fired four shots into the back of this soldier. It was clear
Saying that he is in the building, that he is okay. He says we are okay. And that the lone gunman is deceased. Josh win grove on the line there. Any movement where you are right now . No, were still in a holding pattern. We see people searching the building with their guns drawn. Its very much a fluid situation. You mentioned the war memorial. Thats just half a block down from centre block there, the Parliament Building where we are. Its very close, very an area in the heart of ottawa. Again, what i saw was one lifeless body. It did not look like a Police Officer. Weve seen reports now, i have not heard confirmation, weve seen reports that weve had one officer theres been one gunned down, i dont know if thats the person i saw or not but i saw a body on the ground in an area where police have been moving towards and fire manager shots at so it was as you can imagine, a very chaotic moment for everyone. Josh, from the witnesses that you have been talking to throughout the morning, are yo
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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