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9:52 a.m.

A soldier who was one of two guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial is shot.

People at the scene attempt to administer CPR, but the victim appears unresponsive.

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Accounts of the attack soon emerge, but details vary. One witness says he heard two shots, another four.

Witnesses agree that the shooter crossed the lawn of Parliament Hill and entered the Centre Block.

He is carrying a long gun, according to witnesses.

Photo by Wayne Cuddington / Ottawa Citizen

9:54 a.m.

The man enters the Centre Block of Parliament Hill. Construction worker Scott Walsh, who is working in a manhole near the East Block, reports that he heard loud bangs and saw an armed man run from Wellington Street to Parliament Hill. The man hijacked a black vehicle at gunpoint from a man wearing a suit and drove the vehicle behind the Centre Block, according to Walsh.

Photo by Justin Tang / The Canadian Press

9:56 a.m.

Twitter reports describe a lockdown on Parliament Hill. MPs are told to go into their offices. MP Ted Hsu Tweets: “Lockdown happened just as MPs were gathering for Wednesday caucus, one of the few times MPs are in the same building.” MP Charlie Angus would later recount what happened: “People got under tables and chairs and tried to block the doors. But it didn’t feel like they (the doors) would do much.”