pelley: good evening. just a day after canada raised its terror threat level air, terrifying scene unfolded in its capital today. police say a canadian-born person, opened fire in the parliament building in ottawa after gunning down a soldier standing watch at the nearby national war memorial. the soldier was 24-year-old nathan cirillo, seen in a photo taken by a tourist this past sunday. motive for the attack is not clear. we do not know yet whether the gunman had any ties to any terrorist group. we have extensive coverage of this still-developing story. first we ll go to jim axelrod in ottawa. reporter: the halls of parliament exploded with gunfire after security forces spotted the suspected shooter. kevin vickers, the sergeant at arms, shot and killed the gunman. vickers has a ceremonial role but is also a former police officer. prime minister steven harper, whose office is nearby, was unharmed. canadian politician john mckay was inside. i had just taken off my jacke
this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. just a day after canada raised its terror threat level air terrifying scene unfolded in its capital today. police say a canadian-born person opened fire in the parliament building in ottawa after gunning down a soldier standing watch at the nearby national war memorial. the soldier was 24-year-old nathan cirillo, seen in a photo taken by a tourist this past sunday. motive for the attack is not clear. we do not know yet whether the gunman had any ties to any terrorist group. we have extensive coverage of this still-developing story. first we ll go to jim axelrod in ottawa. reporter: the halls of parliament exploded with gunfire after security forces spotted the suspected shooter. kevin vickers, the sergeant at arms, shot and killed the gunman. vickers has a ceremonial role but is also a former police officer. prime minister steven harper, whose office is nearby, was canadian politician john mckay was i
pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. just a day after canada raised its terror threat level, a terrifying scene unfolded in its capital today. police say a canadian-born gunman identified as a convert to islam, michael zehaf-bibeau, opened fire in the parliament building in ottawa after gunning down a soldier standing watch at the nearby national war memorial. the soldier was 24-year-old nathan cirillo, seen in a photo taken by a tourist this past sunday. the motive for the attack is not clear. we do not know yet whether the gunman had any ties to any terrorist group. we have extensive coverage of this still-developing story. first, we ll go to jim axelrod in ottawa. reporter: the halls of parliament exploded with gunfire after security forces spotted the suspected shooter. kevin vickers, the sergeant at arms, shot and killed the gunman. vickers has a ceremonial role but is also a former police officer. prime minister steven harper, whose office is nearby, w
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