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October 23rd, 2014
08:58 PM ET
Psychiatric evaluation: Ottawa shooter wanted jail time
CNN is learning new details about the man who gunned down a soldier and kept the Canadian capital on lockdown for hours.
Canadian shooting: What we know - and don't know - a day later
According to a psychiatric evaluation done after a 2011 arrest, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau told authorities he wanted to be in jail.
Sources: Ottawa gunman had ties to jihadists
The now deceased gunman told authorities that it was the only way he could overcome his addiction to crack cocaine.
Martin Savidge is OutFront from Ottawa.
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@Jazzie654 Oh yea. They’re omnipresent. But this guy - he is the epitome of calm when he realizes. Who wouldn’t stwitter.com/i/web/status/1…gp09vC
Part of our conversation: vimeo.com/795428219/6aec….
He says this to Ukrainians: “ I ask the Ukrainian people for forgiveness, that I came to their land with a gun in my hand”.
He is in Mexico now. He’s approached border guards and says he got nowhere. He is now seeking political asylum to ttwitter.com/i/web/status/1…rVHH
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