‘I was at the treadmill’: 1 victim dead after D.C. shooter attacks crowd at fitness center

One victim has died and several others were injured after a shooter in Washington, D.C., attacked a crowd near a fitness center.

At least four others were hurt and authorities confirm the gunman shot himself.

Fox News reported the gunman had barricaded himself in a Logan Square apartment building and was talking with police when the standoff abruptly ended.

It had started when the attacker shot up five people, killing one, inside a gym nearby, then fled to the apartment complex.

During the standoff, police heard a gunshot in the apartment he was locked inside, D.C. police confirmed.

BREAKING: The suspect believed to be behind this morning’s deadly shooting in Washington, D.C., has shot himself after spending more than an hour talking with police negotiators. Officials spent more than an hour talking with the suspect while he barricaded himself inside an apartment building. “Just moments ago, while communicating with that individual, officers heard a gunshot. As a response to that, officers forced entry into the apartment.” “When they did that, they located the suspect suffering from a gunshot wound.”

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UPDATE: DC shooting suspect shoots himself after hour-long standoff The suspect this morning’s deadly DC shooting shot himself while barricaded in an apartment building. Police had been negotiating with him for over an hour when officers heard a gunshot, forced entry View more https://t.co/afBPqi42ot

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The events developed only about a mile from the White House.

According to a report posted online at Fox, interim Chief of Police Jeffery W. Carroll said police broke down the apartment door and found the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The suspect also had fired at officers from within the apartment building, Carroll added.

One of the injured was in critical condition, reports confirmed.

Carroll said police got a call about a shooting inside Vita Fitness.

“I was at the treadmill at Vida, and five minutes in, I hear a loud bang … and this dude was on the floor, and somebody says, who was closer to the body, ’he’s dead,’” witness Anthony Mirones said.

Vida Fitness told Fox News the location will be shut down until further notice.

“We are writing to inform you that VIDA Logan Circle is temporarily closed following a shooting that occurred earlier today,” Vida spokesman Aaron Moore wrote in an alert to members. “We ask that you avoid traveling to the Logan Circle location and surrounding area until further notice. If you are currently in the vicinity, please follow all instructions from local law enforcement.”

Investigations into the attacker’s motives were under way.

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