There were "several shooting incidents in downtown Ottawa" on Wednesday morning, police said on Twitter. "Incidents occurred at National War Memorial, near the Rideau Centre and Parliament Hill." All Ottawa police buildings remain on lockdown and are closed to the public, police also said on Twitter.

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There were "numerous gunmen" Wednesday morning at the Canada War Memorial shooting, said Marc Soucy of the Ottawa Police Service. Authorities are working to figure out if there were two or three gunmen, he said. Only one person was shot, Soucy said.

<cite id="galleryCaption511" style="bottom: 74px; display: block;">Emergency personnel tend to a person who was shot Wednesday, October 22, at Canada's National War Memorial, which is near the Parliament building in Ottawa. One person was shot at the war memorial, police said, and there were media reports that gunfire was also heard in Parliament.</cite>

<cite id="galleryCaption512" style="bottom: 74px; display: none;">Royal Canadian Mounted Police respond to the reported shooting at Canada's Parliament.</cite>

<cite id="galleryCaption513" style="bottom: 74px; display: none;">Paramedics and police pull a shooting victim away from the war memorial.</cite>

<cite id="galleryCaption514" style="bottom: 74px; display: none;">A heavily armed officer takes position at the gate of 24 Sussex Drive, the official residence of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper was evacuated from the Parliament building and is safe, his press secretary tweeted.</cite>

<cite id="galleryCaption515" style="bottom: 74px; display: none;">Police cordon off a street leading to Parliament Hill.</cite>

<cite id="galleryCaption516" style="bottom: 74px; display: none;">Police walk past a gate on Parliament Hill.</cite>

<cite id="galleryCaption517" style="bottom: 74px; display: none;">A police officer secures the scene.</cite>

<cite id="galleryCaption518" style="bottom: 74px; display: none;">Police and medical personnel work at the scene of the shooting at the war memorial.</cite>

 

Gunshots reported at Canada's Parliament

Gunshots reported at Canada's Parliament

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Wednesday morning's gunfire in the main Canadian Parliament building started in the foyer, and a second round of shooting happened about a minute later in a hallway or near the entrance to the Parliament's library, Ottawa journalist Josh Wingrove told CNN.

He said several officers had weapons drawn, and most of the dozens of shots that he heard appeared to have been fired by officers at the gunman.

When the shooting ended, a person was lying motionless on the ground near the library entrance, Wingrove said.

[Original story published at 11:10 a.m ET]

A "lone gunman is deceased" after shots were fired in Ottawa, Canada, a member of the nation's Parliament, Bob Zimmer, tweeted Wednesday.

Map: Shooting near Parliament

However, after that tweet, there were reports that there may have been further shots fired at Canada's Parliament.

The violence comes days after Canada raised its terror alert on Friday.

Earlier Wednesday police said that one person was shot at a war memorial near Parliament as media reports circulated that gunfire was also heard in Parliament.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was evacuated from the building and is safe, his press secretary Carl Vallee tweeted.