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Chrissy Teigen has been criticized by some Twitter users following her tweet about a fatal shooting incident in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday, October 22. When the shooting which took place on Parliament Hill made headlines, she took to social media to share her thoughts, writing, "Active shooting in Canada, or as we call it in America, Wednesday."

Some people deemed her tweet insensitive. "Not the time for a joke," a person wrote to her. "This active attack is happening at our parliament (equivalent to American senate). Please don't down play this act of terror," another person tweeted.

John Legend's wife, however, stands on her statement. "That's not a joke. It is a fact," Teigen said, before clarifying her original post, "Sorry you don't understand that is a knock at America and our issues with gun control. No one is minimizing the Ottawa shooting. I'm not apologizing. If you take it wrong, that is your fault."

"For some reason, Canadians think I am saying they have a lot of shootings. I am not saying that. Sigh," she continued. "I've lost faith in this world. Sorry if it comes off as being unemotional. There is just so much bad."

On Wednesday, a gunman fatally shot a guard at the National War Memorial before being shot by an officer. Officials have not released motive for the shooting.

The prime minister of Canada Stephen Harper has responded to the incident. "This week's events are a grim reminder that Canada is not immune to the types of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere around the world," he addressed the public. "We are also reminded that attacks on our security personnel and our institutions of governance are by their very nature attacks on our country, on our values, on our society, on us Canadians as a free and democratic people who embrace human dignity for all. But let there be no misunderstanding. We will not be intimidated. Canada will never be intimidated."