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D.C. Shooting Near White House Leaves at Least 1 Person Dead

The shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot after barricading himself for more than an hour.

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Five people have been shot in the trendy Washington, D.C., neighborhood of Logan Circle, about one mile north of the White House, as of early Thursday. NBC Washington reports that one victim is dead and the other four were injured in the area of 15th and P streets NW. The shooter also died from a self-inflicted gunshot after he barricaded himself for more than an hour in an apartment on the seventh floor of a building. Police were trying to convince the gunman to surrender when they heard a gunshot and subsequently found the suspect dead in the apartment. The block is home to a VIDA fitness center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, and homes. Schools nearby were placed on lockdown. Witness Ryan Dubicki said he “heard about five bangs” around 8 a.m. from inside his apartment. “They were really spread out so I thought it was construction,” he said. Only a short time later, he looked out “and there were cops everywhere.”