Canadian Parliament goes into lockdown after shots fired nearby

Witnesses livetweeted the entire event, which encompassed the nearby Ottowa war memorial.

Patrick Howell O'Neill

Updated on May 30 2021 8:54 am CDT

The Canadian Parliament in Ottawa was put on lockdown Wednesday morning after a soldier was shot at the nearby National War Memorial.

A Globe and Mail reporter captured this video of gunfire heard inside Parliament:

Live updates from reporters, witnesses, and others on the scene follow.

Photo via West Annex News/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Patrick Howell O'Neill

Patrick Howell O’Neill is a notable cybersecurity reporter whose work has focused on the dark net, national security, and law enforcement. A former senior writer at the Daily Dot, O’Neill joined CyberScoop in October 2016. I am a cybersecurity journalist at CyberScoop. I cover the security industry, national security and law enforcement.