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QuoteOTTAWA — Two people are dead after at least one gunman stormed Parliament Hill on Wednesday morning.



One of the dead is a soldier, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24, a reservist with Argylls of Canada - 91st Canadian Highlanders in Hamilton, Ont., who was standing guard at the National War Memorial. The other is the gunman, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, born in 1982, who opened fire in Centre Block across the street.



Two U.S. officials said that U.S. agencies have been advised that Zehaf-Bibeau was a Canadian convert to Islam. One of the officials said that the man was from Quebec.



Police continued to search vehicles in downtown Ottawa, where blocks of the city's core were locked down all day.



Gunfire exploded shortly before 10 a.m., just outside where the Conservative caucus was meeting.



The shooter was met with return fire — dozens of shots were heard — and was killed outside the parliamentary library.



During the exchange of gunfire through the main Hall of Honour, one parliamentary guard was shot in the leg, another was grazed by a bullet and a third person suffered minor injuries. They were taken to Ottawa Hospital where they were treated and released.



Sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers is being widely praised as a hero after he stopped and killed the shooter just outside the Parliamentary library before he managed to reach the MPs.



"All the details are not in, but the sergeant-at-arms, a former Mountie, is the one that engaged the gunman, or one of them at least, and stopped this," Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino said from inside Parliament. "He did a great job and, from what I know, shot the gunman and he is now deceased."



The Prime Minister's Office said Stephen Harper was safely removed from the building.



"(Harper) was addressing caucus, then a huge boom, followed by rat-a-tat shots. We all scattered. It was clearly right outside our caucus door," Treasury Board President Tony Clement said.



At the time of the shooting the Opposition New Democrats were holding their own weekly caucus meeting in Parliament. A tweeted picture sent from the room showed a pile of chairs jammed up against the main door to prevent anyone from entering.



A construction worker who was on the scene in Ottawa when the shooting began told Reuters he heard a gunshot, and then saw a man with a scarf over his face running towards Parliament.



"He was wearing blue pants and a black jacket and he had a double-barrelled shotgun and he ran up the side of this building here and hijacked a car at gunpoint," Scott Walsh said.



The driver got out safely, then the man drove the car to the Centre Block on Parliament Hill, where construction work is underway, Walsh said.



The suspected gunman rushed past a woman with a child in a stroller, who ran away screaming. He didn't attack the woman or child, Walsh said.



The suspect car remained parked on Wellington St., roughly between the War Memorial and Parliament Hill; its licence plates had been removed.



Canada announced this month it was joining the battle against Islamic State fighters who have taken over parts of Iraq and Syria.



Wednesday's attacks took place as the federal government prepared to boost the powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, to allow the spy agency to track and investigate potential terrorists when they travel abroad and ultimately prosecute them.



RCMP assistant commissioner Gilles Michaud said Canada's security alert level was recently raised, but the security level on Parliament Hill was kept at "medium."



The shooting comes just two days after a newly converted jihadist ran down two soldiers with his car in a parking lot south of Montreal, killing one.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/10/22/shots-fired-at-parliament-hill

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What we know:

UPDATE: The soldier who was killed has been identified as Nathan Cirillo of Hamilton, Ont. He was a member of the Canadian Forces.

One male suspect has also been confirmed deceased. There is no further update on injuries at this time, according to a tweet from Ottawa Police.

A man named Michael Zehaf-Bibeau is being investigated as a possible suspect, according to a source.



- This morning's shooting incidents occurred at the National War Memorial and on Parliament Hill. Not Rideau Centre, say Ottawa Police.

- Soldiers standing guard at War Memorial in Ottawa appears to be Hamilton Argylls.

- At least two people were shot after multiple gunmen opened fire on Parliament Hill and the nearby cenotaph.

- One victim was a soldier. Several people were seen performing CPR.

- Another body was reported to be on the ground just outside the Library of Parliament.

- Two men were seen jumping from a Toyota Corolla, followed by dozens of shots.

- Veteran Affairs Minister Julian Fantino told QMI Agency at least one of the shooters was shot and killed inside the building.

- Journalists reported police were trying to keep them away from the scene. Those inside Parliament reported they were told to stay inside rooms with the door locked.

- The shooting comes just two days after a newly converted jihadist ran down two soldiers in his car in a Montreal parking lot, killing one.

Quote from: "Renee"Unlike here in the US, at least your government has the courage and the brains to call this heinous act for what it is; Islamic extremism.

Quote from: "Renee"Unlike here in the US, at least your government has the courage and the brains to call this heinous act for what it is; Islamic extremism.

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Quote from: "Renee"Unlike here in the US, at least your government has the courage and the brains to call this heinous act for what it is; Islamic extremism.

What do they these kind of acts of terrorism in the United States Renee?

Quote from: "Renee"Well for one the Fort Hood shooting is still being called "workplace violence". Also there are at least 22 suspected terrorist recruiting organizations in the US operating right now that the DOJ the FBI and Dep. of HS are prohibited from investigating or even monitoring. Why you may ask; it's because the Odumbo admin refuses to classify them as subversive or organizations tied to Islamic terrorism.



We have a far left ideologue in the Whitehouse right now and he is openly a Muslim sympathizer. He recently broke the law by releasing FIVE al-Qeada leaders from Gitmo without the required legal consent from congress simply so he could negotiate the release of Bow Bergdahl, who for all intents and purposes, is a US Army deserter. Nobody can figure out why this was done or how in the hell Obama thinks he has the sole authority to do such a thing. We have a real live walking talking asshole on our hands and he is running the country.  



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