DC SHOOTING UPDATE: 4 shot, 1 killed after incident at gym, suspect contained

Once they arrived on the scene,within 30 seconds. they did locate an adult male that had been shot. However, MULTIPLE OTHER CALLS CAME OUT FOR. ADDITIONAL GUNSHOTS AND VICTIMS. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE LOCATED A TOTAL OF. FOUR. INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SHOT HERE. ON THE SCENE AND TRANSPORTED, AND ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS DECEASED. HERE ON THE SCENE. WHEN OFFICERS GOT ON THE SCENE, AGAIN, THEY'VE BEEN CANVASSING. AND ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE THE SUSPECT IN. THIS CASE. WHILE THEY WERE ON THE SCENE, THEY WERE ABLE TO BEGIN TO, OF COURSE, CLEAR THE BUILDING WHERE THE SHOOTINGS occurred.

They also began to clear an apartment building. in the 1500 block of 15th Street. While clearing that building, gunshots rang out on the seventh floor. And since that time, we have determined the. suspect had. barricaded themselves in an apartment. on the seventh floor of that building. NPD's emergency response team. responds to the scene as well. as additional resources from many federal partners, our patrol officers here to coordinate amongst the. different. agencies and to deploy resources here. Our negotiators with their emergency response.

team were also able to make contact. with the suspect inside of the apartment. They've been talking to him for. over the past hour, again attempting to try to resolve. the situation. Just moments ago, while communicating with. that individual, officers heard a gunshot. As a response to that, officers forks the entry. into the apartment. When they did that, they located the suspect. suffering. from a gunshot wound. At this time, the scene is still fluid with that. They're still evaluating that to make sure we clear. the entire building.

We do believe that the suspect is now. contained in that location. and of course emergency services. and we can ask anyone who did potentially. in the area, may have fled the area to ensure. they contact NPD. You can reach us at 202-727-9099. so we can follow with you and interview you.

Obviously there's a lot to this. because there are multiple different scenes. What I mean by that is there are different. locations where people were shot. I have to say the D .C. fire and EMS was on the scene right away. We were able to coordinate with them to get medical. treatment. to the victims, get them off the scene where. they've all been transported to local. hospitals. Of those victims, the four that are surviving, one is determined to be in critical condition. At this point, the other three do not. appear to be. They appear to have non-life-threatening. injuries. So, with that, I'll take it up to any.

questions you may have. Mark Stone from Sky News. Can you tell us any more about the gunman? Was he known to you? Age, ethnicity? And can you give us any sense. of what the motive might have been. at this stage? Sure, as I said, we're very early in the. investigation here. We do know based on the lookouts, it's a white male. We do have an idea who he is. We believe there were some sort. of a conflict with the apartment building, but we don't have much more than. and that will be part of the continuing. investigation. Yes, ma'am? We are seeing something online that has.

something of a manifesto from this person. talking about conflicts with that particular. apartment. the building saying, my manifesto was an. engineering award. Strada, again, we're very early in the. investigation. We do know there was a conflict. between him and the homeowners association. of that building. But at this point, we're continue to look into. that yes ma'am sure. so we do believe at some point there was a fire.

that was set the fire alarm went off. in the building the sprinklers. in the building did go off there is a large. amount of water inside of that location. so we do believe at some point there was a fire. in the building it has been contained. and put out this time. We don't know that for sure obviously we would. kind of expect that would be it but we can't say. for sure at this point. Let's go over here. Do you know if there was any connection. between him and the opposite victims. that were shot or is this just he was sent. with a conflict and started shooting? Again we're very early in the investigation.

We're not sure what the relationship may. or may not be. Sure. Of the five victims that were shot, we have a witness who said one was deceased. inside the jail. Where were the other four? That is correct. There is one person. interviewing those witnesses. as they went to different hospitals.

So we have officers there. Some are able to be interviewed right away. Some based on their medical treatment, it's going to take more time to interview. to get more details on that. Sure. You said he barricaded himself inside of a unit. Is that a residential unit? Was it his own or was there anyone else. inside the unit when he barricaded himself. inside it? Sure. So right now officers are still. clearing the actual unit, but we do believe it was his unit. inside of there. He did fire through the do-right officers, at least on two occasions. while he was barricading inside. So, Carol, Torian with CBS News, based on the level of response.

we're seeing from law enforcement, is this because of the proximity. to the White House? Is this the typical response or shooting. like this? This is because it came out as an active shooter. We have people that were actually being killed, so any law enforcement that will be in the area, we would expect them to come to stop. that threat immediately. Were those government buildings put on lockdown. during this time? Yeah, I don't have any idea specifically. about the government buildings. We did push out messaging to the community to. avoid this area. We also pushed out a wireless emergency alert. to, again, avoid this area. while there was. an active threat. And then, of course, once it transitioned into a. barricade situation,

we pushed that out as well. Matt, could we get your thought? Yeah, my name. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED INSIDE THE GYM OR INSIDE. THE GYM AND OUTSIDE THE GYM AS WELL? THAT'S WHAT WE BELIEVE RIGHT NOW BUT AGAIN, WE'RE VERY EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION SO So, an exact timeline and exact locations are still. part of the investigation. So, the initial call for service that we had, the first shooting was inside of the GYM, THAT'S THE FIRST CALL. THE MOTIVATION, WE DON'T KNOW. AGAIN, WE'RE TWO HOURS INTO THE SITUATION. WE CAN'T SAY THE EXACT MOTIVATION.

THAT'S ALL PART OF THE INVESTIGATION. MAYOR BOWSER, CAN WE GET YOUR SENSE? SUSPECT WAS SUFFERING THROUGH TRUCK AND. I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO HIM JUST A FEW. MINUTES BEFORE WE WALKED UP HERE, IT APPEARS TO BE A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT. WOUND. AS I MENTIONED, OUR NEGOTIATORS WERE. TALKING TO HIM ON. HE HAD A GUNSHOT AND HE STOPPED. COMMUNICATING WITH THEM. AT THIS POINT, AGAIN, WE'RE OUT HERE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HIS EXACT SITUATION IS. MEDICAL SERVICES RESPOND IN TO TRY TO TREAT. HIM BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT.

HE DID SHOOT HIMSELF. HE SHOT HIMSELF? AGAIN, FROM WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO MUCH INFORMATION. BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. WE KNOW AT LEAST AT ONE POINT IN. time he had a handgun. We don't know if there's other weapons that are. involved or not. Again, that'll be part of the investigation, of course, and what we find inside of his apartment. We do believe he was a member of the gym. Mayor, can we get your thoughts on this? What is THIS SAY ABOUT GUN CRIME? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST SAY THIS. WE'RE DEVASTATED. ONE OF SOMEONE WAS KILLED IN OUR.

CITY THIS MORNING, A SENSELESS ACT OF GUN I AM VERY. GRATEFUL TO MPD AND FIRE AND EMS. WHO HAVE RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY, QUICKLY AND CONTAINED THIS SITUATION. I KNOW MANY D .C. I THINK THE NPD RESIDENTS WERE. AWAKENED TO THIS NEWS AND WERE. VERY SCARED AND LISTENED TO ALL. OF THE DIRECTIONS THAT NPD PROVIDED, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THEM AS WELL, AND MPD WILL.

CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION, BUT THIS LONE GUNMAN HAS BEEN CONTAINED. DID YOU READ THE WHITE HOUSE ABOUT THE INSULENT? THE WHITE HOUSE HAS been briefed, as is my process. Yes. You've praised President Trump about. for bringing down crime in the city.