OTTAWA / CANADA: Downtown Ottawa shooting leaves 1 dead, 3 in hospital

• One dead, three in serious condition after shooting in central Ottawa.

One person was killed and three people were taken to hospital with serious injuries, including a 15-year-old boy, in a shooting Wednesday morning in a home on Ottawa's Gilmour Street.

Police haven't arrested the suspect, but they say the area is considered secure.

Paramedics said they were called to the area of Gilmour and Kent streets, about a kilometre south of Parliament Hill, at about 7:30 a.m. ET.

Police said the three people taken to hospital had serious injuries. The teenager was taken to the children's hospital CHEO and is in stable condition, according to a hospital spokesperson.
The other victims' ages and genders were not immediately available.

"This is not considered an active shooter situation, but the suspect remains at large and is not in custody," police said in a release.

Insp. Francois D'Aoust said they don't have a description of the suspect and officers are going door-to-door in the area to gather more information.

Gilmour Street and neighbouring James Street were closed this morning between Kent and Lyon streets.

Police have been asking people to avoid the area. Its major crime unit is investigating.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said in a tweet he had been briefed on the situation and thanked first responders.

The Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est, which operates French Catholic schools in the Ottawa area, placed four nearby schools in secure mode, meaning students were kept in classrooms and parents needed to check with the office to pick up their children.

That was lifted later in the morning.

No other local school boards have said they are taking these types of precautions.