One person has been killed and four more injured in a shooting in central Washington DC
Police say one of the victims is in a critical condition and the others have non life-threatening injuries - here's what else we know
The suspect - a white male - is dead; authorities previously said he appeared to have a "self-inflicted gunshot wound" after barricading himself inside a building
Officers - who were at the scene "within 30 seconds" - also say they "believe there was some sort of conflict" between the suspect and the apartment building
BBC producer Jonathan Csapo, who lives nearby, says: Gunshots went off very, very close to where I was. I could see the smoke, I could see the flash. We just all started running
The shooting happened inside and near a gym in Logan Circle - one witness thought an exercise ball had popped, when in fact someone had been shot
Sarah Smith
North America editor in Washington DC
We've still got a situation where several blocks around here are sealed off by police.
There are a huge number of emergency vehicles.
What we have confirmed by police is that five people have been shot, but there are no confirmed fatalities and the gunman is barricaded inside the building where the shooting took place.
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Reporting from Washington DC
BBC producer Jonathan Csapo lives in the building where the shooting happened - and was inside at the time.
I was coming down the fire escape, because we heard the fire alarm going off in the building.
As I was coming out, gunshots went off very, very close to where I was.
I could see the smoke, I could see the flash. We just all started running. That was our first instinct.
We immediately ran and took cover behind a barricade, a little brick structure just near the building.
We were immediately ushered into the building by a building manager to be taken to a safe room. At this point, the fire department was already on the scene, because the fire alarm had been going off for about three minutes.
And then everybody started screaming.
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Image source, Getty ImagesPeople wait after being evacuated from an apartment building as police respond to a shooting
Gym goers have described the moment a shooting broke out at a fitness centre in Washington DC.
Michael Carney tells the Washington Sun he was on a treadmill at the Vida fitness gym when the shooting started.
He says he heard "one pop" which he assumed was an exercise ball popping before seeing a victim on the floor who had been shot.
"Everyone was kind of just hiding behind planters and stuff," he says, describing how a fire alarm was pulled.
Once outside of the gym, Carney says he heard five or 10 shots that seemed to be coming from a nearby alley.
Another witness tells the Washington Sun that she heard "an enormous, loud thing" from the ladies' locker room and more shots outside the gym after being evacuated.
"I thought something had crashed or fallen," she says. "I didn’t know it was a gunshot until later."
Marcus McNulty
Reporting from Washington DC
I'm at the corner of P Street and 16th Street, near the shooting.
We were staying in a hotel just down the road and we saw lots of ambulances, police cars, and a helicopter above.
We saw the first activity at maybe around 08:30 local time (13:30 GMT).
I just saw something being taken into an ambulance with a person on it.
We've all been moved to a safe place just around the corner. There are police officers all over the place.
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A member of DC City Council has described how a shooting took place "at and outside Vida fitness this morning in Logan Circle".
Brooke Pinto describes how "multiple people" have been shot and tells people to avoid the area.
She adds in a post on X that police are looking for a suspect.
Dozens of emergency vehicles with flashing lights have been seen in the Logan Circle area, near the centre of Washington DC, following reports of an "active shooting".
The location of the shooting is less than a mile north of the White House.
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Image source, ReutersWe've just got off the phone with DC police, who confirm that five people have been shot in the incident.
At the moment, the police "don't know the status" of those who have been shot.
More now from the police in DC:
"The incident has resulted in a barricade situation in the 1500 block of 15th Street, Northwest," the police department says.
"MPD’s Emergency Response Team is on the scene. Please avoid the area as we work to resolve the incident."
Police in Washington DC have warned there is an "active shooting" near the centre of the city, in the area of 15th and P Street, Northwest.
People are advised to avoid the area.
This is a developing story - we'll have more details soon.