A gunman killed one person and wounded four others in the District’s upscale Logan Circle neighborhood before barricading himself in an apartment building and shooting himself Thursday morning, Metropolitan Police said.
Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said the suspect, who was only identified as a White male, shot and killed a person inside a nearby gym and fired at people working on construction in the 1500 block of 15th Street NW around 8 a.m.
D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said one of the surviving shooting victims is in critical condition, and the other three suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
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During the barricade, Chief Carroll said the gunman shot through his door at SWAT team officers preparing to breach his seventh-floor unit.
Negotiators were in contact with the suspect when he turned the gun on himself, the chief said.
Officers found the man inside with a gunshot wound and said the shooter had been “contained” shortly before 10:30 a.m. but did not divulge the man’s condition.
Federal law enforcement sources, after entering the apartment, said the suspect was “dead on arrival.”
The chief said the shooting stemmed from a dispute with the suspect’s property management company. He said he does not know the relationship between the gunman and the victims at this time.
Federal authorities with the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and Explosives; and the Department of Homeland Security; the National Guard and Metro Transit Police swarmed the scene following the shooting.
Several streets have been blocked off by authorities as the investigation continues.
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