Ottawa police say four children and two adults are dead and a seventh person is injured after what the police chief is describing as an attack by a “lone actor” in an Ottawa suburb Wednesday night.
Police chief Eric Stubbs told CBC News in an interview that it was a “mass shooting,” but an Ottawa police spokeswoman is not confirming the weapon.
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