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Downtown Ottawa was put under lockdown on Oct. 22, 2014 after an attack on Parliament Hill left one Canadian soldier and one gunman dead.

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A member of the Canadian Forces lays flowers for the slain soldier who was shot on duty at the Canadian War Memorial in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.FRED LUM/The Canadian Press

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A member of the Emergency Services Unit of the Ottawa police force has a machine gun slung over his shoulder while manning a road block at Albert and Metcalfe Streets in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.FRED LUM/The Canadian Press

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, shown in this screen grab from an online video from the PMO, making a statement on the attacks in Ottawa on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014HANDOUT/The Canadian Press

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Eight-year old Chloe Hogan places flowers at The Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton, where people continue to place flowers, and other items at a small memorial for Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was shot dead on Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2014.PETER POWER/The Globe and Mail

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Residents continue to place flowers, and other items at a small memorial that has begun to grow at the locked gates of The Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton for Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was shot dead on Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2014.PETER POWER/The Globe and Mail

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After placing flowers and standing to attention for a short period, a man wearing an Argylls leather jacket hugs another soldier inside the gates of The Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton on Oct. 22, 2014.PETER POWER/The Globe and Mail

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Residents continue to place flowers, and other items at a small memorial that has begun to grow at the locked gates of The Lieutenant-Colonel John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton for Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was shot dead on Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2014.PETER POWER/The Globe and Mail

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Conservative MPs are transported in an Ottawa transit bus from Parliament in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.SEAN KILPATRICK/The Canadian Press

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A sign is displayed at Ottawa City Hall, four blocks away from the National War Memorial where a soldier was shot earlier in the day on Oct. 22, 2014.Mike Carroccetto/Getty Images

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Canadian reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo is shown in an undated photo taken from his Facebook page. Cpl. Cirillo was fatally shot on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.

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The scene in downtown Ottawa following an attack nearby at Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2014.Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail

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The scene in downtown Ottawa following an attack nearby at Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2014.Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail

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A police team consisting of 15 officers enters Centre Block at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

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The Conservative Party caucus room is shown shortly after shooting began on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014, taken and provided by MP Nina Grewal.HANDOUT/Reuters

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A police boat searches behind Parliament Hill after a shooting attack in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.PATRICK DOYLE/The Canadian Press

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Police search cars and pedestrians as they leave the Alexandra Bridge and enter Gatineau, Que. near Parliament in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.PATRICK DOYLE/The Canadian Press

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Michel Coulombe, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, far right, and Richard B. Fadden, Deputy Minister of National Defence, second from the right, leave the area with other staff after a shooting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

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A police officer orders people to move back after a sentry guard was shot at the National War Memorial on Oct. 22, 2014 in Ottawa.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail

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Weapons and personal belongings are pictured at the National War Memorial as police secure the area near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

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The scene on Parliament Hill following the shooting on Oct. 24, 2014.COLE BURSTON/The Globe and Mail

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A man walks past the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. that is on lockdown after a shooting at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014Mark Wilson/Getty Images

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A police officer stands guard with the Peace Tower in the background following shootings in downtown Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.BLAIR GABLE/Reuters

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People take cover downtown Ottawa following an attack on Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2014.Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail

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People stand to look at the Parliament building on Spark Street in Ottawa after a sentry guard was shot the National War Memorial on Oct. 22, 2014.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail

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Police officers take cover near Parliament Hilll following the shooting of a soldier in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.CHRIS WATTIE/Reuters

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RCMP intervention team members clear the area at the entrance of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

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A small plane equipped with surveillance equipment flies over the scene of multiple shootings in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

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Sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers of the House of Commons leads MPs out of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Vickers shot an assailant on Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2014.Pawel Dwulit/The Canadian Press

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Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard makes a statement at the legislature in Quebec City regarding the Parliament shooting in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press

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A police officer walks in front of the National War Memorial after a sentry guard was fatally shot on Oct. 22, 2014 in Ottawa.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail

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People are pushed off Rideau Street by police after a sentry guard was fatally shot at the National War Memorial on Oct. 22, 2014 in Ottawa.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail

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Armed RCMP officers guard the front of Langevin Block on Parliament Hilll following a shooting incident in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.CHRIS WATTIE/Reuters

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Richard Fadden, Deputy Minister of National Defence, walks past an RCMP officer as police secure an area around Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

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Police guard a car on Parliament Hilll that is believed to belong to a suspect in a shooting incident in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.CHRIS WATTIE/Reuters

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A shooting victim receives help at the base of the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014.BILL CURRY/The Globe and Mail

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Paramedics and police wheel away Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who was shot at the National War Memorial near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 22, 2014Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

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Several police officers walk in downtown Ottawa following a shooting on Parliament Hill on Oct. 22, 2014.LARS HAGBERG/AFP / Getty Images

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Police teams move towards Centre Block at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

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Grade 5 children from Vancouver's St. Francis Xavier School wait on the B.C. legislature steps in Victoria, on Wednesday Oct. 22, 2014. The children were turned away from their planned visit following the shooting incidents on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.DIRK MEISSNER/The Canadian Press

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Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa is surrounded by police vehicles on on Oct. 22, 2014.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

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