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Ottawa police are staying tight lipped on what information they have on Wednesdays shooting at Parliament Hill.

They have confirmed that one shooter is dead, but would not say whether more shooters are still loose in the area.

The alleged gunman has been identified as 32-year-old Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a Canadian national.

The soldier killed was 24-year-old Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, a member of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in Hamilton.

“This is an ongoing joint police operation and there is no one in custody at this time,” said a statement released by the police service.

It goes on to ask Ottawa residents to stay away from the downtown area while the investigation continues as they continue clearing offices on Parliament Hill and from the surrounding area.

A number of RCMP and Federal government building are also closed to the public at this time, including City Hall and all Ottawa police stations.

The solider was killed while standing guard at the National War Memorial was a reservist from Ottawa. His identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin. Witnesses say he was shot “point blank” by a masked, rifle-wielding gunman, who then moved up the street to launch an attack on nearby Parliament Hill, in which at least two people were injured.

A security guard is believed to be among those who were wounded in Parliament's Centre Block, where an assailant was shot dead by the sergeant-at-arms of the House of Commons. No details about the second injured person were immediately available.

However, security staff on the Hill have told some MPs' offices they believe there may be as many as three shooters. Heavily armed tactical officers could be seen searching rooftops in the immediate parliamentary precinct.

Police would only say they are investigating "several shooting incidents in downtown Ottawa."

The incident comes just two days after two Canadian soldiers were run over — one of them fatally — in Quebec by a man with jihadist sympathies.

Tony Zobl, 35, witnessed the soldier being gunned down at the War Memorial from his fourth-floor office window directly above the monument.

"I looked out the window and saw a shooter, a man dressed all in black with a kerchief over his nose and mouth and something over his head as well, holding a rifle and shooting an honour guard in front of the Cenotaph point blank, twice," Zobl told The Canadian Press.

"It looked like the honour guard was trying to reach for the barrel of the gun," said the witness.

"The honour guard dropped to the ground and the shooter kind of raised his arms in triumph holding the rifle."

Zobl said the shooter then ran up the street toward Parliament Hill.