Open Thread for Ottawa Shooting

[CN: gun violence, ongoing situation, Islamophobia. There are videos at the links which may not be safe to view. edit: Some CBC pictures in the live feed has included non-graphic, obscured pictures of victims.]

The CBC is reporting on an ongoing shooting situation in Ottawa today:

Parliament Hill came under attack today after a man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, before seizing a car and driving to the doors of Parliament Hill's Centre Block nearby.

MPs and other witnesses reported several shots fired inside Parliament, and a gunman has been confirmed dead inside the building, shot by the House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms, according to MPs' eyewitness accounts.

The soldier's condition has not been confirmed.

MP John Williamson tweeted that the Conservative caucus has been told "one CAF soldier was killed," adding "a moment of silence followed." CBC News has confirmed the soldier is a reservist from Hamilton.

The prime minister was on the Hill at the time of the shooting, but was safely take away. It's believed one suspect is still at large.

Rideau Centre has also been reported to be under attack. The CBC is also reporting on heightened security measures across Canada.

Meanwhile, CNN is helpfully focusing its report on possible "Islamic extremism" in the attack and assuring us the FBI is offering help. I don't know what's best about CNN's reporting, but its embedded assumption that everything revolves around the United States is pretty great, and the anti-Muslim fearmongering on the basis of zilch is also awesome. [Note: these things are neither great nor awesome.] I recommend skipping CNN in favor of CBC; suggestions for even better sources for this particular story are gratefully accepted.

Please feel free to use this thread as a safe space for discussion and updates. As usual, please take care with content notes, and please no triggering pictures or photographs of victims. Thank you.