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Has this piece of news surfaced elsewhere:
There's bound to be serious changes within Parliament after this. Kind of like the Secret Service fiasco.
He abandoned the car outside the East Gate on Wellington Street and sprinted through the posts meant to deter unauthorized vehicular traffic, as bystanders fled.
The video shows he approached a line of ministerial cars parked outside the East Block, commandeering one of those vehicles, which he proceeded to drive right up to the front steps of Centre Block with several RCMP vehicles in pursuit.
"It only took one minute and 20 seconds for this individual to go from Wellington to Centre Block," RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson noted.
"It was incredibly quick."
Zehaf-Bibeau engaged in a brief exchange of gunfire with House guards as he entered Centre Block.
At least the guards were doing their job.
Brave man, doing his duty, but how smart was it to have guards being unarmed?
Read the rest of the article. Parliament was warned in committee hearings that threats were imminent. This made everything very real and no longer abstract.
From another story comes the tale of the woman who tried to save the fallen soldier:
It took just 80 seconds for gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau to go from fatally wounding Cpl. Nathan Cirillo to finding himself one unlocked door away from Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the entire Conservative caucus.
There's bound to be serious changes within Parliament after this. Kind of like the Secret Service fiasco.
He abandoned the car outside the East Gate on Wellington Street and sprinted through the posts meant to deter unauthorized vehicular traffic, as bystanders fled.
The video shows he approached a line of ministerial cars parked outside the East Block, commandeering one of those vehicles, which he proceeded to drive right up to the front steps of Centre Block with several RCMP vehicles in pursuit.
"It only took one minute and 20 seconds for this individual to go from Wellington to Centre Block," RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson noted.
"It was incredibly quick."
Zehaf-Bibeau engaged in a brief exchange of gunfire with House guards as he entered Centre Block.
Inside those Centre Block doors, Const. Samearn Son, a 10-year veteran of the Commons security team, was the first person to try to stop him, sources have told CBC News.
Son immediately noticed the long rifle in Zehaf-Bibeau's hand.
Although he was unarmed, Son lunged at the shooter, grabbing the gun and pulling it toward the floor, screaming "Gun! Gun! Gun!"
That alerted the plainclothes officers inside the building, who have weapons.
Son immediately noticed the long rifle in Zehaf-Bibeau's hand.
Although he was unarmed, Son lunged at the shooter, grabbing the gun and pulling it toward the floor, screaming "Gun! Gun! Gun!"
That alerted the plainclothes officers inside the building, who have weapons.
Brave man, doing his duty, but how smart was it to have guards being unarmed?
Read the rest of the article. Parliament was warned in committee hearings that threats were imminent. This made everything very real and no longer abstract.
From another story comes the tale of the woman who tried to save the fallen soldier:
