'Multiple people' shot at Washington DC fitness centre
· RTE.ieThe suspect in a shooting in Washington DC, that left one dead and four wounded, has died after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, local media reported.
The suspect holed up inside a seventh-floor unit, where police negotiators were able to open a dialogue, Metropolitan Police Interim Chief JW Carroll told reporters.
After about an hour, police heard a gunshot and forced their way into the apartment, where they found the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The suspect's condition was not immediately clear, but NBC and Fox News reported he had died, citing unnamed law enforcement sources.
Carroll said police believe he lived in the apartment and was a member of the gym where the attack began.
One of the four wounded people is in critical condition, Carroll said.
Police responded to the shooting this morning in the downtown area, around 2km from the White House, as a local official said "multiple people" were shot at.
The Washington police department said on X that its emergency response team was on the scene of the "active shooting" in the Logan Circle area and that the shooter was barricaded in a building.
Brooke Pinto, a member of the DC City Council, said the shooting occurred at an outside fitness centre.
Residents were urged to avoid the area of the shooting, which occurred during the busy morning rush hour and sparked a massive police response.
Multiple law enforcement agencies could be seen rushing to the scene of the shooting.
The Washington Sun quoted a member of the VIDA Fitness gym as saying that he was on a treadmill at the facility when the shooting began.
Michael Carney said he heard a "pop" and then saw someone on the gym floor who had been shot in the head.
"Everyone was kind of just hiding behind planters and stuff," Mr Carney told The Sun.
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