OT: Shooting at Parliament

[Nac Mac Feegle]

something happening the last few minutes outside Chateau Laurier

 

[pepty]

Good time to stay at home or in the office till this gets settled.

 

[Suiteness]

I work downtonw, we're on lockdown right now. From what I heard on the radio they've gunned down one of the suspects but they're still on the lockout for another it seems.

 

[BUCKLE UP]

A soldier was shot at the war memorial

 

[Engineer]

Shots outside the Chateau Laurier at 10:54

 

[BankStreetParade]

The way information is being disseminated is so confusing. I don't understand how there aren't guards standing at the front of parliament that one person can run in with weapons and start shooting.

 

[Engineer]

The way information is being disseminated is so confusing. I don't understand how there aren't guards standing at the front of parliament that one person can run in with weapons and start shooting.

Wouldn't be surprised if there will be now.

And people were complaining about Harper wasting tax dollars on armed body guards...

 

[blahblah3]

The way information is being disseminated is so confusing. I don't understand how there aren't guards standing at the front of parliament that one person can run in with weapons and start shooting.

It is common knowledge that since 1985 the RCMP has been completely incompetent.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

The way information is being disseminated is so confusing. I don't understand how there aren't guards standing at the front of parliament that one person can run in with weapons and start shooting.

There's a desk with 2+ guards inside the entrance, and roaming guards.

At one time, there was hardly any security. It was beefed up considerably in the mid 1980s after a guy hijacked a tour bus and parked it on the hill, and again after 911.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

The way information is being disseminated is so confusing. I don't understand how there aren't guards standing at the front of parliament that one person can run in with weapons and start shooting.

There are guards. I worked in Parliament five months ago and there were always four armed guards just inside the door, plus a whole security staff manning a metal detector and a decent amount of security on foot patrol. No idea how a shooter gets in there.

 

[Engineer]

There are guards. I worked in Parliament five months ago and there were always four armed guards just inside the door, plus a whole security staff manning a metal detector and a decent amount of security on foot patrol. No idea how a shooter gets in there.

I was assuming he meant around the eternal flame and the general parliament boundaries

 

[Benjamin]

The way information is being disseminated is so confusing. I don't understand how there aren't guards standing at the front of parliament that one person can run in with weapons and start shooting.

What do you think the soldier that got shot was doing?

 

[Cor]

Bruce Cheadle ‏@BCheadle 2m2 minutes ago Toronto, Ontario
Reports now police suspect two or three shooters on Parliament Hill. Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers shot one assailant.

 

[NyQuil]

There's a desk with 2+ guards inside the entrance, and roaming guards.

At one time, there was hardly any security. It was beefed up considerably in the mid 1980s after a guy hijacked a tour bus and parked it on the hill, and again after 911.

Someone drove a jeep up the stairs which is when they put the concrete barricades in place.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

What do you think the soldier that got shot was doing?

No, that is a ceremonial soldier that stands guard at the War Memorial. Probably unarmed.

 

[NyQuil]

Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers shot one assailant.

Isn't that the guy who opens Parliament with the mace?

 

[blahblah3]

What do you think the soldier that got shot was doing?

Stopping idiot millennia's from defecating on the war memorial.

 

[Benjamin]

No, that is a ceremonial soldier that stands guard at the War Memorial. Probably unarmed.

Oh. Did not know it was ceremonial.

 

[StefanW]

Jamie Long ‏@cbcjlong · 2m2 minutes ago
Police say the shooter is on roof of building at Metcalfe and Sparks 1 block from Parliament Hill #ottnews #cbcott

Looks like he is zeroed in.

 

[YNWA14]

I would say, without trying to sound like a fear monger, that prudent advice would be to avoid public places for the next few days (if possible). That single radical acting out yesterday will cause the RCMP/CSIS to clamp down on any suspected radicals, which means that anyone who had been planning to act out in the future will likely move up their plans to avoid getting caught before they can do anything.

Stay safe people.

 

[branch]

stay safe boys and girls. in lockdown right now on wellington.

 

[Qward]

I thought 1 gunman would be crazy let alone multiple

 

[NyQuil]

Yeah, I'm at Metcalfe and Laurier.

Eerie to think it's 4 blocks away.

 

[Sun God Nika]

Ok the Shooter is getting disturbingly close to my moms work...

 

[God Says No]

I wonder if this is related to the hit and run near Montreal involving the military.