Police: There Was No Shooting Near Ottawa Shopping Mall

Police teams enter Centre Block at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. A soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial was shot by an unknown gunman and people reported hearing gunfire insid... Police teams enter Centre Block at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. A 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. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Justin Tang) MORE LESS
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Ottawa police said Wednesday afternoon that contrary to earlier reports, no shooting incident had occurred earlier in the day near a major downtown shopping mall.

Police said in a news release that they could confirm shooting incidents did occur at the National War Memorial and on Parliament Hill, but said no incident had occurred near the Rideau Centre, which is located a block away from the War Memorial.

Police confirmed that a member of the Canadian Forces who was shot in the mayhem had died.

A male suspect was also confirmed dead. Police said they had no one else in custody at this point, although Constable Chuck Benoit told Fox News earlier in the day that police were looking for “possibly three” suspects.

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  1. Sympathetic thoughts and prayers for the murdered soldier and his family.

    Although the perp can no longer talk, I’m hoping that a thorough investigation can discover what made this man tick.

  2. “Police: There Was No Shooting Near Ottawa Shopping Mall”

    MSM: Sorry 'bout that…we saw it nearby on the map and thought we’d all scramble to be first to guess it happened there too so we could claim we “broke” that part of the story.

  3. Avatar for dwward dwward says:

    Of course there is video. Nothing happens today that someone doesn’t video on their phone, and you know that the Palin’s at a party is going to be on plenty of phones Everyone knows some embarrassing Palin video is worth big $$$$

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