UPDATED
- Shooter still believed at large in downtown Ottawa.
- Police searching cars leaving Ottawa trying to go to Quebec.
- Report of additional shot fired near Chateau Laurier hotel, east of Parliament Hill.
- Police going door to door on Sparks Street; downtown schools in lockdown.
- All three main party leaders, Harper, Mulcair and Trudeau, reported safe.
Parliament Hill has come under attack today after a man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, before seizing a car and driving to the doors of Parliament Hill’s Centre Block nearby.
MPs and other witnesses reported several shots fired inside Parliament, and a gunman has been confirmed dead inside the building. The soldier’s condition is not known as this time.
Police sources say there is more than one suspect, and shots have been reported at other locations surrounding Parliament Hill as the downtown area remains in police lockdown.
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