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At least five people were shot and one was killed in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood early Thursday, and police said the suspected shooter, who was barricaded inside an apartment building, shot himself.
Officers responded to reports of an active shooting at a gym just before 8 a.m. ET, Metropolitan Police Department interim chief Jeffery Carroll said at a press briefing.
Once inside, police located one victim, who died at the scene, Carroll said. Four others were transported to local hospitals, including one in critical condition.
As officers were clearing the gym and an adjacent building, shots rang out from the seventh floor, where the suspect barricaded himself inside an apartment.
Much of the block was cordoned off, and nearby schools were placed on temporary lockdown.
While police were attempting to negotiate with the barricaded suspect, he shot himself, Carroll said.
