Suspected gunman shoots 5 people in D.C., killing 1, before dying by suicide
Jeffery Carroll, interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department, said that the man apparently had a dispute with the building's homeowners association.
On Thursday, a shooting spree occurred in a Washington, D.C. neighborhood close to the White House, resulting in one fatality and five injuries, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The suspect, who had a dispute with the building's homeowners association, later took his own life while barricaded inside an apartment building, according to interim Chief Jeffrey Carroll.
The shootings took place in Logan Circle, approximately a mile north of the White House. The block on 15th Street was cordoned off, with nearby schools on lockdown. The victim was shot in the neck while at a nearby VIDA fitness center, where around 50 people were present at approximately 8 a.m. Witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots, with one person instantly dying after being shot in the neck.
The suspect allegedly shot another individual in a parking garage elevator before barricading himself on the seventh floor of the building. Federal agencies, including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI, assisted local law enforcement in the investigation.
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