i wanted to bring in allison sander who is with cfra radio and on the scene near the police barricades there. allison, please bring us up to date as to what you are seeing. >> well, just a few minutes ago, police ran by us with their guns drawn as they chase what's believed to be one of the suspects towards one of the main shopping malls. now, we know that earlier in the day, this all started when a man who is described as having long hair and a bandanna covering his face took out a long rifle and opened fire on a soldier who was standing guard at our national war memorial. that individual remains in the hospital with a gun shot wound to the chest. now, the suspect was seen with another person flowing towards parliament hill, which is just a matter of meters away. and it was inside parliament that the sergeant at arms who is the man responsible for all of the security in that building shot the suspect dead. so we know that there is one dead in this situation. and we know there are other shooters. now, police, again treating this very much as an active scene. we have been forced further

i want to bring in someone on the seen, allison sanders in ottawa. you were right there. what did you see, what did you hear? >> we were getting to the scene and allowed quite close to the national war memorial where very shaken witnesses report a man with bandanna covering his face with a long trench coat and pull out a rifle and begin sheeting at the ceremonial guard. they're reservists there in the canadians forces. they are there in ceremonial purpose at what is the tomb of unknown soldier. after he shot at the soldier, he fled the scene toward parliament, only 100 feet away, not far at all. somehow the suspect entered parliament. at that point the head of security, who is called the sergeant-at-arms, kevin vickers shot the gunman dead. we know two people are dead in this case. several others were injured. one of them is one of the secure, the person in charge of security of canada's senate. police have a large part of the downtown corridor cordoned off. they ask people to stay in their homes. do not come out. or lives in downtown ottawa, outside the perimeter are ask