Young girl dies in Montreal shootingAs many as 20 people were taken to hospital after a shooting at a college in downtown Montreal on Wednesday. The sole suspect in the rampage was killed after police stormed the building, and later police announced that a young woman died after being shot. Three people are serious condition after the incident at Dawson College, according to Montreal Police Services. It is not known at this time if the young girl was one of those three people. The Montreal General Hospital Emergency Service has admitted 11 victims. Eight patients are in critical condition, according to hospital officials, three are currently in the operating room, and three will be operated on shortly. Two others are stable and three others are in the emergency room right now awaiting further evaluation. The nature of the injuries are all gunshot wounds to the abdomen, to the chest, one head injury, and also several to the limbs, peripheral limbs, arms and legs, a spokeswoman for the hospital said. Related to this article Police direct a man running to take cover during a shooting incident at Dawson College in Montreal on Wednesday. (Paul Chiasson/CP) Contrary to earlier reports, Montreal Chief of Police Yvan Delorme said there was only one suspect in the shootings at this time. We're getting a lot of information from various sources, and we're trying to figure it out. I will only talk about one suspect for the time being who died following the intervention of the first police officers on the scene, Chief Delorme said. We don't know anything about the motives of the suspect. Now, since the police intervention resulted in a death, there will be an investigation by the Sûreté du Québec with the Montreal Police Service. Chief Delorme said he would confirm that there are no other suspects at this time. Based on current information, the suspect was killed by police, he said. Witnesses on the scene said the gunman wore a Mohawk, a long black trench and black boots, and was carrying an automatic weapon at the time. He began shooting randomly outside the school, came in through the school's atrium, and shot people in the cafeteria and then took the escalator to the fourth floor and began firing again. One teacher who shares a fourth floor office with two colleagues said she was called at home by one of them at 12:50 p.m. EDT. She was hysterical. She was crying. She said, There's someone shooting. My son is in the building. Call 911. Call them, call them.' The teacher, who asked not to be identified, said she called 911 and was told they already knew. She called her colleague back five minutes later. She was still crying, very agitated. She said, He's still shooting.' And that was the end of the conversation. I haven't been able to get through to her again. Andrea Leziy was standing outside her classroom, when the shooting started one floor below. At first I thought I was going crazy, I heard gunshots, said the 17-year-old student. But within minutes, police officers reached her floor, yelling at students to exit the building, she said. As she stepped out on DeMaisonneuve Boulevard, she saw a chaotic scene, as officers and ambulance technicians tended to the victims. One guy was convulsing in his own blood on the stretcher, she said. Nearby, police officers were carrying a wounded girl outside the building on a classroom desk. Ms. Leziy said she had wanted to go to the cafeteria only minutes before the shooting started, but decided against it because she had to meet a friend. Devansh Shri Vastava had just gotten out of class and was heading to the cafeteria, when a man dressed in a long black jacket pulled out a gun. He started shooting, said a breathless Mr. Vastava, 18, surging with adrenalin after fleeing the Montreal college with thousands of other students. We got on the floor. He had a laser gun or something, a big rifle, and he just started shooting at people. We all ran upstairs. We saw upstairs he was hiding behind the vending machine and there were cops firing. It was so crazy. Mr. Vastava said he was terrified as the suspect, a large Caucasian dressed in black combat wear, fired on the students. The guy was shooting at people randomly, he said. He was just bucking shots. He didn't care, he was just shooting at everybody. I just got out. Another eyewitness, who was smoking a cigarette on DeMaisonneuve Boulevard when the shooting started, said she saw the gunman begin firing outside. She said she took cover in the bushes near the building as the gunman fired in their direction. There was debris flying from the bush, he shot right next to us, the girl told CBC through tears and sobs. Then, the man entered the school and continued shooting students randomly, she said One guy was shot in the leg, another guy was shot here, almost in the chest, in the stomach. It was bad. Students in the classroom next to the cafeteria were ushered into a nearby computer lab when the shots were heard and told to hide under their desks until police could escort the students out. Dawson College, which has 10,000 English-language students, is a CEGEP (junior college) located at the southwest corner of Sherbrooke Street and Atwater Avenue in downtown Montreal. Students in CEGEP, usually between the ages of 16 and 19, started classes at the end of August. Quebec's premier Jean Charest commented on the incident earlier in the day. For all those who know people who work or attend Dawson College, they have had an extremely difficult day, being extremely worried about their loved ones. We pray that they're safe and we are going to obviously find out what happened, Mr. Charest said. Prime Minister Stephen Harper released a statement later in the day: Today we have witnessed a cowardly and senseless act of violence unfold at Montreal's Dawson College. Our primary concern right now is to ensure the safety and recovery of all those who were injured during this tragedy. We continue to monitor the situation as it evolves. Our government has been and will continue to be in close contact with the City of Montreal and the Government of Quebec. On behalf of the Government of Canada and all Canadians, our thoughts and prayers are with the injured and their loved ones, and to the students and staff of the college who are all victims of this terrible tragedy. A perimeter has been set up between Atwater Avenue, Wood Avenue, Maisonneuve Boulevard, and Sherbrooke Street. Police are asking people not to come down to the area because a spokesman said there may be another suspect inside the college still. Television footage showed students fleeing the building, which is just off the downtown core. Several subway stations in the vicinity are closed. The incident is reminiscent of shootings in Montreal in December, 1989, when Marc Lépine shot and killed 14 women and wounded several others at École Polytechnique during a rampage that ended when he took his own life. Nearby Concordia University is providing counselling services for Dawson College students and their families. Two hotline numbers have just been announced for concerned parents and friends of Dawson students and staff. If you have not heard from your loved one, or if you are trying to get hospital information, call (514) 280-2880. If this number is busy, a second number has been added, (514) 280-2806. With a report from Michael Valpy and Alex Dobrota and file from Canadian Press The Mulindwas Communication Group
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