One person was killed and four others were wounded in a shooting at a gym in Washington’s Logan Circle neighborhood on Thursday morning, police said.
The suspected gunman later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a nearby apartment, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
One of the wounded was in critical condition. The other three had injuries that were not considered life-threatening, officials said.
Police received reports of gunfire shortly before 8 a.m. ET at the VIDA Fitness center in the 1500 block of 15th Street Northwest. Officers arrived within about 30 seconds, police said.
Interim Metropolitan Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said the suspect barricaded himself in a seventh-floor apartment. Negotiators talked with him for about an hour before officers heard a gunshot and went in.
Police have not released the names of the suspect or the person who was killed. Investigators are still working to establish a motive.
The shooting drew a large police response to the residential neighborhood, about a mile north of the White House.
Nearby public schools were placed on alert, with classes continuing while entry and exit were restricted. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the White House had been briefed, and she thanked local and federal responders.