2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa

Shootings at War Memorial and Parliament Hill
Photo of Corporal Nathan Cirillo being photographed in uniform next to a tourist days before his death at the tomb of the unknown soldier, seen in the background of the photo.
Corporal Nathan Cirillo near the site of his death
LocationNational War Memorial (Canada) - Centre Block Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates45°25′26″N 75°41′44″W / 45.42402629445419°N 75.69549470591251°W / 45.42402629445419; -75.69549470591251
Date22 October 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-22)
9:53 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. (EDT)
Attack type
Mass shooting, domestic terrorism[1]
Weapons.30-30 Winchester Model 94 rifle[2]
Deaths2 (including the perpetrator)[3][4]
Injured3[5]
VictimsNathan Cirillo
PerpetratorMichael Zehaf-Bibeau[6]
MotiveIslamic extremism

The 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill occurred on 22 October 2014, at Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Corporal Nathan Cirillo, a Canadian soldier and reservist on ceremonial sentry duty, was fatally shot at the National War Memorial, followed by an attack on the nearby Centre Block parliament building, where members of the Parliament of Canada were attending caucuses. The attack ended with a shootout when the perpetrator ran inside the parliament buildings and was shot 31 times by six RCMP officers and died on scene.[7][8][9] Following the shootings, the downtown core of Ottawa was placed on lockdown and majority of schools in Ottawa were on lockdown while police searched for any potential additional threats.[10][1][11]

Classified by the RCMP as a terrorist act[1][12] it was the most serious security breach at Parliament Hill since the 1966 parliament bombing.[13] The attack gained international attention and raised concerns about the effectiveness of police actions to prevent terrorist attacks, and the security measures in place at federal and provincial legislatures.

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  6. ^ Polly Mosendz (22 October 2014). "Parliament Hill Is Under Attack". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  7. ^ ctvnews.ca: "Garbled radio call delayed police response to Parliament Hill attacker: RCMP" Archived 2015-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, 3 Jun 2015
  8. ^ Independent Investigation Into the Death of Michael Zehaf-Bibeau (PDF) (Report). Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 22 October 2014. ISBN 978-0-660-02415-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  9. ^ parl.gc.ca: "October 22, 2014 House of Commons Incident Response Summary" Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 3 Jun 2015
  10. ^ Walker, Tim (23 October 2014). "Ottawa shooting: Deadly attacks force Canada to face up to a global terror threat". The Independent. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  11. ^ Bostelaar, Robert (23 October 2014). "Autopsies underway after Ottawa gun rampage". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  12. ^ "RCMP requests public assistance". RCMP. 24 October 2014. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  13. ^ Duffy, Andrew (23 October 2014). "Day of chaos in the capital leaves soldier and terrorist dead". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

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