‘I cry for the victim, not my son’

House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers walks through Canada's main parliament building after reportedly shooting a gunman who fired at least 30 shots inside the halls. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Victim ... Reserve Corporal Nathan Cirillo from his Instagram account. Picture: Instagram Source: Supplied

THE mother of the man identified as the Ottawa gunman said she is crying for dead guard Nathan Cirillo, not her son.

In a tearful telephone call, Susan Bibeau said she did not know what to say to those hurt in the attack.

"Can you ever explain something like this?" she said. "We are sorry."

Gunman ... Michael Zehaf-Bibeau has been identified as the shooter. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

Authorities identified the gunman as Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, who shot dead 24-year-old reservist soldier, Corporal Nathan Cirillo, at the national war memorial in Ottawa, before running to the nearby Parliament building.

His gun rampage in the Canadian capital was stopped cold when he was shot to death by Parliament's ceremonial Sergeant-at-Arms, Kevin Vickers.

"In the days to come, we will learn more about the terrorist and any accomplices he may have had, but this week's events are a grim reminder that Canada is not immune to the types of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere in the world," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.

Paying respects ... Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa. Picture: Ap Photo/The Canadian Press, Adrian Wyld. Source: AP

The alleged terrorist, Zehaf-Bibeau, was born Michael Joseph Hall in Quebec in 1982 and was the son of Susan Bibeau, the deputy chairman of a division of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board, and Bulgasem Zehaf, a Quebec businessman. The couple divorced in 1999 when Zehaf-Bibeau was a teenager.

US officials said he had changed his name to Zehaf-Bibeau at some point, perhaps when he converted to Islam.

CBC reports that Zehaf-Bibeau was charged with drug possession in Quebec in 2004. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 days in jail.

Then, in 2011, he was charged with robbery and making threats in Vancouver. He was found guilty of only the second charge and sentenced to a day in jail.

Dave Bathurst, a friend of Mr Zehaf-Bibeau, said the pair met at a mosque three years ago. Mr Bathurst told Globe and Mail that his friend had a dark side as well.

"We were having a conversation in a kitchen, and I don't know how he worded it: He said the devil is after him," he said. "I think he must have been mentally ill".

Remembering Nathan Cirillo ... The Canadian flag flies at half staff on top of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Picture: AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick. Source: AP

Mr Bathurst said he saw Zehaf-Bibeau six weeks ago praying at a mosque and the man revealed that he wanted to return to Libya, where he spent some of his childhood, to study.

Zehaf-Bibeau was blocked from that trip because he was already on the radar of authorities who had taken his passport because they had learned he planned to go and fight overseas, according to US officials.

Mr Bathurst revealed that Zehaf-Bibeau was asked to no longer attend the mosque because of his "erratic" behaviour.

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