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Edmonton City Hall shooter was ‘heavily armed,’ police chief says

Jan 23, 2024 | 5:20 PM

Edmonton’s police chief says a heavily armed man allegedly acted alone when he entered city hall, fired shots and threw a Molotov cocktail from the building’s second floor.

Dale McFee said Tuesday a man entered through the parkade and fired shots with a long gun that could fire multiple rounds, shattering glass in the building.

McFee says he then created a small fire outside the elevator.

The chief said an unarmed security guard acted quickly to detain a suspect before police arrived.

He said there is no longer a threat to public safety and no one was injured.

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City councillors and the mayor had been at a scheduled meeting of the emergency advisory committee when the shooting happened, and McFee says a Grade 1 class was also visiting city hall today.