BREAKING NEWS: ONE SOLDIER HAS DIED AFTER OTTAWA SHOOTING, SUSPECT(S) STILL AT LARGE

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CANADA PARLIAMENT SHOOTING:
– Active shooter
– 3 separate shooting sites
– 3 injd
– Multiple gunmen
– 1 soldier dead

12:40 ET: FBI raising alert posture following Ottawa attacks.

12:34: 1 shooter dead, 1 still believed at large in downtown Ottawa.
Police searching cars leaving Ottawa trying to go to Quebec.
Report of additional shots fired near Chateau Laurier Hotel, east of Parliament Hill.
Police going door to door in downtown core; downtown schools in lockdown.
All three main party leaders, Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau, reported safe.

 

VIDEO Matthew Blais witnessed shooting at War Memorial from across street #cbcott

 

A video posted by Giacomo Panico (@giacomopanico) on


11:50: At least two people are injured, including a soldier, after shots were fired in the Parliamentary precinct in Ottawa on Wednesday morning; one shooter is dead and police suspect as many as two others are on the loose. A dark-clothed gunman fired the shots just before 10 a.m. at the Canadian War Memorial, where a uniformed soldier was shot. The gunman then fled for Parliament Hill, where he unleashed more gunfire inside Centre Block. A security guard was injured before the sergeant-at-arms shot the suspect dead, according to multiple reports. Ottawa Police said there was also an incident near the Rideau Centre, a large mall metres from Parliament Hill. 11:49: CANADA PARLIAMENT SHOOTING: – Still active shooter – 3 separate shooting sites – Multiple gunmen – 1 gunmen dead 11:48: JUST IN: White House official: Pres. Obama has been briefed on shooting incidents in Canadian capital Man with long gun shot a uniformed soldier about 2 hours ago. He had an accomplice. One suspect dead, 1 loose. 11:44:

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11:20 ET:


11:10 ET Capture  11:07ET: Raw footage from Globe reporter shows scene inside Parliament building under lockdown 10:59 ET:  @RosieBarton reporting that shots were JUST fired by Chateau Laurier.

10:50 ET: OTTAWA SHOOTING – Soldier shot at memorial – Parliament Hill on lockdown – Harper, Mulcair, Trudeau, safe 10:45 ET: RCMP advises people to stay away from Parliament Hill due to ongoing police incident.

B0jxL5BCIAIqFGm 10:41 ET: Unconfirmed reports from MPs in Ottawa that the gunman has been shot dead. 10:38 ET:  spokesman says Prime Minister Stephen Harper was safe and had left B0juU4iIYAAj4RJ 10:26AM ET: Eyewitnesses say several paramedics were pumping the chest of the Canadian Forces man shot at the war memorial. 10:25AM ET: @jenditchburn tweets: “I’m at the war memorial. Police still telling us the shooter is on the loose. Witnesses saw man with long hair”

Witnesses at the scene say the shooter appeared to be a man and was reportedly armed with a rifle.

A spokesperson says the Prime Minister is uninjured, and has left Parliament Hill. He was scheduled to attend an event in Toronto.

  10:20AM ET: Stpehen Harper’s spokesperson says the Prime Minister is safe & has left Parliament Hill 10:03AM ET: Parliament Hill’s Centre Block is in lockdown after shots were fired in the building and a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial was shot.

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