Shooting Rampage In Canada

A gunman walked into a crowded cafeteria at Dawson College in Montreal and opened fire. An unknown number of people were wounded before the shooter took his own life. Details are extremely sketchy at the moment with a lot of conflicting information.

MONTREAL - At least one gunman in a black trench coat opened fire Wednesday in the cafeteria of a Montreal college and wounded an unknown number of people before shooting himself, witnesses and police said. Scores of students at Dawson College near downtown fled into the surrounding streets after the shooting broke out in the school of about 10,000. Some of them had bloody clothes.

CBC-TV showed police with guns drawn standing behind a police cruiser.

Martine Millette of the Montreal police said authorities did not know how many people had been shot. There also was uncertainty if there was more than one gunman.

Millette said the man later shot himself. Constable Philippe Gouin said "in all probability, the suspect has committed suicide."

Student Devansh Smri Vastava said he saw a man in military fatigues with "a big rifle" storm the school's cafeteria.

"He just started shooting at people," Vastava said, adding that he heard about 20 shots fired. He also said teachers ran through the halls telling students to get out.

Other witnesses spoke of a gunman wearing a black trench coat.

Will update as more becomes available.

UPDATE: Story is changing almost minute to minute now as things are sorted out. It appears to have been a lone gunman, but he also appears to have been killed by police. At least 20 are wounded and another report says at least six of those are in critical condition.