Rebecka Pieder
Reporting from Washington DC

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This morning's shooting in Washington DC's Logan Circle neighbourhood left one person dead and four injured, with one in critical condition.

The suspected gunman, who police say they found barricaded in an apartment with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, is also dead, a police spokesperson told the BBC.

Here's what we know about what happened:

• Just before 08:30 (13:30 GMT) this morning, the attacker entered a local fitness centre. At that facility and in the surrounding area, the perpetrator shot five people.
• The suspect then fled into an adjacent building complex, barricading himself in an apartment while continuing to fire at the police.
• A dispute between the shooter and the apartment building may have been a factor, police said, adding that the investigation remains ongoing.
• Officers first attempted to negotiate with the shooter over the phone, but said communication ended after they heard a gunshot.

• The area is now safe and nearby schools have resumed normal operations.

We're ending our live coverage of this story, but you can stay updated here: One killed and four injured in Washington DC shooting

Schools have returned to normal duties after 11 campuses were put on "alert status" due to the shooting.

Measures were brought in at nearby schools to not allow anyone to enter or exit school buildings.

DC Public Schools says all precautionary measures were lifted at 11:15 local time (16:15 GMT).

"With this all clear, schools will resume normal building operations," it reports.

Ione Wells
North America correspondent, in Washington DC

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Here in Logan Circle I spoke to a resident of the building where the shooting took place who described seeing a neighbour covered in blood.

This has really shaken the community here, for whom it feels very close to home. The shooting began in a gym but continued in the surrounding area and a residential building.

The shooter then barricaded himself in an apartment that police believe he owned.

Residents have described the split-second decision making they went through over whether to stay inside or try to flee the building.

Police have said they believe this could have been triggered by "some sort of a conflict with the apartment building" but say investigations are continuing.

"The barricade has concluded. The scene is safe. Significant traffic closures remain in place," DC police say in a post on social media.

They are still asking the public to avoid the area.

The suspected gunman has died, a DC police spokesperson tells the BBC.

The police could not confirm cause of death.

In a news conference a few minutes ago, authorities said the suspect appears to have had a "self-inflicted gunshot wound".

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Authorities have just finished giving an update on the shooting in Washington DC. This is what we heard:

• The interim police chief Jeffrey W. Carroll said that emergency services got a call just before 08:00 local time (13:00 GMT) to report a shooting, and were on the scene "within 30 seconds"
• He confirmed that one person was killed at the scene
• Four others are injured and have been taken to hospital. One person is in critical condition, and the other three appear to have non-life threatening injuries
• The suspect had barricaded himself in a unit on the seventh floor of the building - which authorities believe to be his own
• The police chief said that negotiators first spoke to the suspect on the phone, before "they heard a gunshot" and he stopped communicating with them
• Officers then forced entry into the apartment, and found the suspect suffering from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound
• The situation is still "fluid" with authorities working to confirm that the building is clear, but the interim police head said authorities believed the suspect was "now contained in that location"
• The suspect is a white male, and police believe "there was some sort of conflict with the apartment building"

Fire Chief John Donnelly is now speaking.

He says emergency responders "made contact" with the first victim within three minutes of hearing about the shooting from dispatchers.

He repeats that three of the four shooting survivors have non-life threatening injuries.

With that the news conference concludes.

Stay with us as we bring you a recap of what've just heard from the authorities.

Asked if the speed of the response from law enforcement was "typical", Bowser says "it's not typical to have an active shooter that guns down people in this city".

She says that law enforcement "have all responded in a way that's professional, that got this situation under control".

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We are now hearing from Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.

She calls the incident a "senseless act of gun violence" and says she is grateful to emergency responders.

"I know many DC residents awakened to this news, and were very scared," the mayor says.

She adds that the White House has been briefed.

The press conference has now finished, but we'll continue to bring you more updates.

Police say they are still working to understand the exact timeline, suspect's motivation, and other details.

The police chief says the first shots were inside the gym.

He continues and adds that the suspect appears to have a "self-inflicted gunshot wound".

Carroll explains that negotiators had been speaking to the suspect on the phone "at which time they heard a gunshot" and he stopped communicating with them.

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Carroll continues and says they "believe there was a fire that was set". He adds that it has been contained and put out.

He adds that officers are still "clearing the actual unit" inside the building where the attack took place - that authorities believe that the suspect owns the unit.

Carroll says that the suspect "did fire through the door at officers at least on two occasions while he was barricaded inside".

The police chief says the suspect is a white male and police have an idea of who he is.

He adds that police believe there was "some sort of conflict with the apartment building" but the investigation in ongoing.

Carroll adds the situation is "still fluid", and that authorities are still evaluating to "make sure the entire building is clear".

They "believe that the suspect is now contained in that location [the building]", he says.

Carroll adds that emergency services will be offered as appropriate.

The interim police chief says gunshots were heard on the seventh floor, where the suspect barricaded himself.

He adds officers forced entry into the apartment after they heard a gunshot, and found the suspect suffering from a gunshot wound.

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Carroll continues and says that one person died at the scene of the shooting.

Four others were shot and taken to hospital, he says, adding one person is in critical condition, and the other three appear to have injuries that are not life threatening.

Interim chief of Washington DC police, Jeffrey W. Carroll starts the press conference by saying this is "very preliminary information".

He says that just before 08:00 local time this morning, police were called about the shooting.

"Officers immediately were dispatched... and were on the scene within 30 seconds," he says.

Authorities in Washington DC are giving an update on the shooting.

You can watch live above and we'll bring you all the key lines here.

Authorities in Washington DC are about to give an update on the shooting.

Police said this was due to start at 10:25 local time (15:25 GMT).

We're keeping across this, and will bring you the key lines when that press conference starts.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
White House reporter in Washington DC

Images from the shooting show an extremely wide array of personnel from various police forces at the scene of the shooting, including the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, or HSI.

This sort of enormous response is not unprecedented, and often follows shootings in some areas of the city, particularly before the circumstances of the incidents are clear.

Day-to-day local policing in the city is handled by the Metropolitan Police Department, which has its own SWAT-type emergency response unit to handle these sorts of high-risk operations.

But all told, there are more than 30 law enforcement agencies that maintain a presence in the city.

These include a number of federal agencies that are often called upon in large-scale emergencies, including the uniformed division of the Secret Service, US Park Police and Capitol Police, as well as the FBI and HSI.

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There are also smaller federal police forces that operate in specific parts of the city - such as the Supreme Court Police and Federal Protective Service. Various universities also operate their own campus police forces.

The presence of these forces has expanded somewhat since the Trump administration surged law enforcement assets to the city last year, and deployed the National Guard.

As an example, in 2022, there was a shooting at an apartment building, in which a lone gunman opened fire from a fifth floor apartment and shot hundreds of rounds at a school in the city's Van Ness neighbourhood.

Within minutes, dozens of federal police vehicles were in the area, including camo-clad federal officers with military-style tactical gear and weapons and large armoured vehicles similar to those deployed in Logan Circle today.

Donovan Slack
Reporting from Washington DC

The shooting occurred in a building I visit often, and is near a commercial strip with a Whole Foods grocery and a number of other shops and restaurants.

It is an up-and-coming trendy area with a lot of young residents about one mile north of the White House. It is not near federal buildings or areas that would signal any connection to the Trump administration or US Congress.

As with many areas of Washington, though, residents affected will have connections to the federal government or media.

I was last there on Monday and it all appeared normal, with residents walking their dogs, picking up food and gathering to dine.

Today, the area is still in lockdown, with police advising all to stay inside – and away.