WINNIPEG - Winnipeg Jets defenceman and Ottawa native Grant Clitsome says Wednesday's shootings in Ottawa hit close to home.
"My friends and family working downtown and being in the lockdown, scary stuff," he said Thursday.
He had trouble getting through to anyone in the area during the lockdown, but kept trying.
"I did get hold of my dad and they were in complete lockdown, elevators, stairwells were all locked down. They were just told to stay in their office."
Off the ice, Clitsome and childhood friend Nicolas Mann are preparing to launch a website called YourDemocracy.ca to help educate and encourage Canadian young people to vote.
Clitsome says it's hard to say what something like this will do.
