A gunman opened fire in Washington, DC, killing one person and wounding four others. The Logan Circle neighbourhood, which is roughly one mile (1.6 km) north of the White House, is where the shooting started on Thursday morning local time inside a gym in an apartment building. The male suspect had “contained” himself in one of the units, according to the police. Later on, they verified his passing. One of the injured is in serious condition, while the other injuries are not life-threatening.
At a press conference, Jefferey Carroll, the acting chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, stated that “he did fire through the door at officers at least on two occasions” while the suspect was barricaded. According to Carroll, negotiators were speaking with the suspect over the phone when they heard a gunshot, and he stopped talking to them. The man had what seemed to be a “self-inflicted gunshot wound” when officers broke into the flat, he added.
Police “believe there was a fire that was set” and it has been extinguished, Carroll continued. The precise chronology, the suspect’s motivation, and other incident facts are still being investigated by the authorities.Carroll stated, “We think there was some kind of conflict with the apartment block, but we don’t have much more.” Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, DC, described it as a “senseless act of gun violence” and stated that the White House had been informed.
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