Video shows Sergeant-at-Arms Vickers moments after reportedly shooting Ottawa gunman

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Footage released on Thursday morning shows House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers, 58, after reportedly shooting a gunman who allegedly fired more than 30 shots inside Canada's parliament.

The assault took place very near the room where Prime Minister Stephen Harper was meeting with members of his Conservative party, a government minister said.

A soldier guarding the National War Memorial nearby was fatally shot by a gunman. Witness accounts indicated the man who shot dead the soldier guarding the National War Memorial in central Ottawa, went on to attack the parliament building minutes later. Canadian police said however they could not "at this point" confirm it was the same person.

The incident, shocking in Canada's normally tranquil capital, began shortly before 10 a.m. ET and was not over late in the afternoon. Parliament and buildings in downtown remained on emergency lockdown at 6 p.m.

Canadian police were

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