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Ottawa police will maintain its increased presence in Centretown for a few more days it conducts its ongoing investigation into Wednesday’s shooting incidents at the National War Memorial and Parliament Hill, Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau said in a joint press conference with the RCMP this afternoon.
One man was arrested this morning after disturbing the crime scene at the National War Memorial, the site of a shooting incident yesterday that left one person dead, Ottawa Police tweeted.
People gathered around the war memorial this morning to pay their respects, according to reports on Twitter.
Two people have died following two shooting incidents at the National War Memorial and Parliament Hill Wednesday morning, Ottawa Police confirmed in a press release statement.
Much of Centretown became a lockdown zone on Wednesday after a soldier guarding the National War Memorial was shot dead by a man believed to have then stormed Parliament Hill and wounded a House of Commons security guard before being killed in a shootout with police.