A reporter for The Globe and Mail was inside the building Wednesday during an attack on the Canadian Parliament. That reporter was able to capture police responding to the incident and a flurry of shots.
Witness accounts suggest a shooter entered through the main door, one that typically has two guards at it and is used by MPs, staff, and accredited journalists. The smoke of gunfire clouded the lobby.
A Globe reporter then saw police moving from that door down a hallway known as the Hall of Honour that links the foyer to the Library of Parliament, which is at the back of the Centre Block building.
Once police were halfway down the hallway, gunfire erupted again - an estimated two dozen shots that ended with a motionless body falling from a doorway just in front of the library. It was unclear who the person was. Guards briefly appeared to check for a pulse before beginning a search of the rest of the building.