The Latest: Man with knife detained near Canada Parliament

TORONTO (AP) – The Latest on a mass shooting in Toronto (all times local):

3:15 p.m.

Canadian officials say a man with a knife has been arrested during the changing of the guard on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. It’s unclear if the incident is related to the mass shooting in Toronto.

Police are photographed at the perimeter of the scene of a mass shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

The Canadian military said in a statement that the incident took place Monday morning on the lawns of Parliament Hill.

The statement says that a “potential threat” was neutralized due to the quick reaction of soldiers, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Parliamentary Protective Services. No one was injured.

Ottawa Police are investigating and the military gave no further details.

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1 p.m.

Toronto police spokeswoman Meaghan Gray says victims of Sunday’s mass shooting include eight women and girls, and seven men. Two victims and the gunman died.

Police chief Mark Saunders says a 10 year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman were killed in the rampage in the city’s Greektown neighborhood. The 29-year-old attacker died after an exchange of gunfire with police.

He walked along a street firing a handgun into restaurants and cafes. Saunders declined to release his name and said authorities don’t yet know his motive.

Saunders said 13 other victims have injuries ranging from minor to serious. They range in age from 10 to 59.

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12:30 p.m.

Toronto’s police chief says a 10 year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman were killed in the mass shooting in the city’s Greektown neighborhood.

Police chief Mark Saunders said 13 other victims have injuries ranging from minor to serious. They range in age from 10 to 59.

The 29-year-old gunman died after an exchange of gunfire with police. Saunders declined to release his name and said authorities “do not know why this has happened yet.”

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Noon

A hospital says five of the 14 people shot by a gunman who went on a deadly rampage on a Toronto street are in serious or critical, but stable, condition.

St. Michael’s Hospital trauma surgeon Dr. Najma Ahmed says three of those people underwent immediate operations to save their lives.

The hospital isn’t releasing the patients’ ages, genders or other details.

Two people were killed in Sunday’s shootings. Other injured victims were taken to other hospitals, and their condition isn’t immediately available.

The 29-year-old gunman was killed after an exchange of gunfire with police. Authorities haven’t released his name or disclosed his possible motivation.

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7:00 a.m.

Ontario’s police watchdog says a second person is dead after gunman shot 14 people in Toronto’s Greektown neighborhood.

A spokeswoman for the province’s Special Investigations Unit, Monica Hudon, says three people are dead including the gunman in the Danforth Street attack. No further details were given on the second victim. Police confirmed one victim died Sunday night and a young girl was in critical condition.

The unit says police located the 29-year-old suspect about three blocks away from the scene and exchanged fire.  It said the man fled, then was found dead back on Danforth.

It was not immediately clear whether the man killed himself or died of injuries after being shot by police.

The Special Investigations Unit will determine how the man died and whether there was any police wrongdoing. The unit is automatically called in to investigate all deaths and serious injuries where police are involved.

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12:30 a.m.

Toronto police are seeking video and photos from people and businesses in the area where a gunman killed a woman and shot 13 other people in the Greektown neighborhood.

A video from one witness shows a man dressed in black firing three shots from the sidewalk into at least one shop or restaurant late Sunday. Witnesses said they heard 20 to 30 shots.

Police Chief Mark Saunders said terrorism had not been ruled out. Toronto police tweeted the shooting occurred in the Danforth and Logan avenues area of the Greektown neighborhood, a busy residential area with restaurants and cafes.

A woman was killed and a young girl was critically wounded. Saunders said the gunman died after exchanging gunfire with police.

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11:50 p.m.

Police say a gunman and one victim is dead after a man shot 14 people, including a young girl, in the Toronto neighborhood known as Greektown.

Toronto police chief Mark Saunders says a young woman was killed in the shooting Sunday night. He also says a young girl is in critical condition.

Police spokesman Mark Pugash says the condition of the other victims is not known yet. He says it’s too early to say whether the shooting is terrorism.

Following the shooting, police, paramedics and other first responders descended on the scene, while area residents, some in their pajamas, emerged from their homes to see what was happening.

Over the weekend, Toronto police deployed dozens of additional officers to deal with a recent spike in gun violence in the city.

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10:35 p.m.

Canadian police and emergency personnel services are responding to a shooting that reportedly involves multiple victims in the downtown Toronto neighborhood known as Greektown.

Police have yet to release any confirmed details of the late Sunday shooting. But local television station CP24 is showing images of multiple ambulances and other first responders at the scene, with several people being treated by paramedics.

Civilians are escorted from the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2018. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Civilians are escorted from the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2018. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Police work the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2018. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Police work the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2018. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Police escort civilians away from the scene of a shooting, Sunday, July 22, 2018, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Police escort civilians away from the scene of a shooting, Sunday, July 22, 2018, in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Police Chief Mark Saunders, speaks, as Toronto Mayor John Tory, partially seen standing behind, listens, during a press conference following a mass shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Police Chief Mark Saunders, speaks, as Toronto Mayor John Tory, partially seen standing behind, listens, during a press conference following a mass shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Police Chief Mark Saunders, center, and Toronto Mayor John Tory, center left, speak to the media following a mass shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Police Chief Mark Saunders, center, and Toronto Mayor John Tory, center left, speak to the media following a mass shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Mayor John Tory speaks to the press following a mass shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Mayor John Tory speaks to the press following a mass shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Civilians are escorted from the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2018. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Civilians are escorted from the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Sunday, July 22, 2018. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Tactical police officers walk along Danforth Avenue at the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

Tactical police officers walk along Danforth Avenue at the scene of a shooting in Toronto on Monday, July 23, 2018. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

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