Images: Parliament Shooting in Canada
Scenes from Ottawa, Canada as the soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial was shot by an unknown gunman and people reported hearing gunfire inside the halls of Parliament. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was rushed away from Parliament Hill to an undisclosed location, according to officials.
A heavily armed RCMP officer enters 24 Sussex Dr., the official residence of the Prime Minister.
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Three heavily armed police officers walk along Queen Street near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.
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A police boat searches behind Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.
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Police search cars and pedestrians as they leave the Alexandra Bridge and enter Gatineau, Quebec near the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.
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Armed police officers walk on Queen Street near Parliament Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.
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Tomb guards perform the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. The military increased security Wednesday at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery after fatal shootings at a Canadian war memorial and Parliament, even though the FBI and the Homeland Security Department said there was no specific threat against the U.S.
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A police officer takes a photo of a vehicle, top, inside police tape outside Center Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.
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Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard makes a statement in regarding the shooting at the Parliament in Ottawa, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014 at the legislature in Quebec City.
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Police cordon off a street leading to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014.
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police intervention team responds to a reported shooting at Parliament building in Ottawa Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014.
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In this photo provided by Conservative MP Nina Grewal, members of Parliament barricade themselves in a meeting room on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, after shots were fired in the building.
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An armed RCMP officer stands guard at 24 Sussex Dr., the official residence of the Prime Minister, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.
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Police converge on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014.
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Police and paramedics tend to a soldier shot at the National Memorial near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014.
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An Ottawa police officer runs with his weapon drawn outside Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014.
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The sun sets on Parliament Hill as seen across the river from Ottawa, Ontario, in Gatineau, Quebec, Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. A gunman opened fire at the National War Memorial, killing a soldier, then moved to nearby Parliament Hill and was shot and killed by Parliament's sergeant-at-arms.
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