Multiple Canadian Shooters

[iacas]

I don't want to link to any particular site for fear of being called "leftist" or "gun crazy" or whatever.

One tweet says "The sad thing is, the Canadian soldiers who stand guard at Ottawa's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier do not carry ammunition."

Here's to hoping the morons are quickly apprehended and detained, and that justice can be served, and that anyone affected by this comes out of it alive and well (conflicting reports on whether the soldier shot is dead or alive at this time).

[Mr. Desmond]

The NY Times is the #1 Newspaper in the World, so at the risk ....

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/world/americas/canada-parliament-gunfire.html?hp&action;=click&pgtype;=Homepage&version;=BannerSubHedSumLargeMedia&module;=a-lede-package-region®ion;=top-news&WT.nav;=top-news

OTTAWA — At least two gunmen traumatized the heart of the Canadian government on Wednesday, with one shooting a military guard at the National War Memorial and then entering the adjacent Parliament building, where multiple rounds were fired. Shooting also was reported at a nearby shopping mall.

Police officers rushed to secure the Parliament building and move occupants to safety as they hunted for what Canadian news reports said were possibly two or three assailants, in what had the appearance of a coordinated attack.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that one assailant was killed. The condition of the soldier who was shot was not immediately clear. Witnesses reported earlier that they believed the soldier had been killed.

Marc Coucy, a representative of the Ottawa Police Service, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that officers were looking for “multiple suspects” in shootings at three locations.

The shootings came amid heightened concern about terrorist attacks in Canada, two days after a Muslim convert, a radical jihadist, ran over two soldiers at a suburban Montreal strip mall, killing one of them. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, an outspoken critic of the Islamic State movement and other militant groups, has been considering the introduction of new antiterrorism legislation.

[Ernest Jones]

Soldier is thought to be dead, no official report however a senior Minister who is on scene tweeted his condolences to the family. 1 shooter was taken down by the Parliamentary Sergeant at Arms (who is a true badass) but no one knows anything more.

Sad, sad world...

[nevets88]

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/soldier-shot-at-war-memorial-in-ottawa

[Ernest Jones]

Rideau Center Shopping Mall reported to be reopened. That's a good sign. Apparently you can't keep Capitalism down.

EDIT* Now the Ottawa Convention Center has been declared clear. Still nobody in custody but 1 dirtbag extremist dead. So hooray for that I guess...

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[David in FL]

Thoughts and prayers...... :-(

[Foursum Golf]

Sad day in Canada. Rest easy Cpl Nathan Cirillo!

[MS256]

Makes me very sad and very angry.