DC Logan Circle shooter dead after barricading himself and firing at police
A gunman who killed one and wounded four in Washington DC's Logan Circle appeared to shoot himself after firing at officers from his barricaded apartment.
DC shooter kills one, wounds four before dying in Logan Circle standoff
A man who shot dead one person and wounded four others in Washington DC's Logan Circle neighbourhood has died, apparently after turning his weapon on himself during a police standoff, cnn.com reports.
Jeff Carroll, interim chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, told reporters Thursday morning that the suspect had barricaded himself inside his apartment and opened fire on officers before the fatal shot was fired. Multiple law enforcement officials confirmed the shooter's death.
Footage taken from a rooftop at the corner of 15th Street and Massachusetts Avenue captured a heavy police presence in the area as the standoff unfolded in the Logan Circle neighbourhood.
Authorities have not yet released the identities of the victims or the suspect, and no further details on the circumstances of the initial shooting have been disclosed.
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