IBAO delegates have been tweeting from the hotel and convention centre this morning, as the nation's capital has been plunged into lockdown following the shooting of a soldier who was standing guard at the National War Memorial.
According to reports and the Toronto Star, a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa has been shot by an unknown gunman, who then moved to nearby Parliament Hill and opened fire inside the Centre Block.
Ottawa police confirmed they had a call at 9:52 a.m. with a report of shots fired.
Some of the early tweets from delgates read like this:
The Ontario associaton annual gathering is being held at the Ottawa Convention Centre, with most delegates staying at the Westin Ottawa Hotel. Both locations were placed under lockdown when the shooting occured.
Emergency responders are still on the scene and paramedics performed CPR on the soldier. There is no word of his condition though Ottawa police said one person is in hospital and still alive.
According to a Conservative member of Parliament, the suspect in the shooting was shot and killed.
