Kingston’s Federal Member of Parliament, Ted Hsu, posted updates to Twitter during today’s shooting incident on Parliament Hill.
A number of other M.P.s likewise posted to social media during and following the event.
MPs told to go to office and lock the doors
— Ted Hsu (@tedhsu) October 22, 2014
.@dumanoir I am safe inside a locked office on Parliament Hill
— Ted Hsu (@tedhsu) October 22, 2014
Lock down happened just as MPs gathering for Wednesday caucus, one of few times all MPs in same building
— Ted Hsu (@tedhsu) October 22, 2014
Shouts of "Police!"
— Ted Hsu (@tedhsu) October 22, 2014
Parliamentary security doing job – thank you – seems like the floor I am on has been swept.
— Ted Hsu (@tedhsu) October 22, 2014
@freshwater thanks, good advice, I have not revealed my location beyond what's publicly known
— Ted Hsu (@tedhsu) October 22, 2014
UPDATE: The Parliament Sgt at Arms has been credited for stopping intruder just outside the MP’s caucus room.
MPs and Hill staff owe their safety, even lives, to Sergeant at Arms Kevin Vickers who shot attacker just outside the MPs' caucus rooms.
— Craig Scott (@CraigScottNDP) October 22, 2014
Below is a photo showing chairs used to barricade a door to the caucus room where MPs were gathered.
Shot from inside caucus room after shooting @ctvottawa #ottawashooting. pic.twitter.com/JjEWpnbUW7
— Graham Richardson (@grahamctv) October 22, 2014
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For ongoing coverage, check out the Globe & Mail article with an embedded live twitter feed or CBC’s video streaming coverage.
Photo source: TedHsu.ca
