D.C shooting

The suspect is believed to have taken his own life as officers breached the building where he was located, Police Chief Robert Contee said.

He said police found a tripod setup inside the apartment where the suspect was found. Police in tactical gear were seen escorting people out of an apartment building Friday afternoon. Police said the suspect killed himself after an hourslong search.

Officials have announced that the suspected shooter who shot four people – including a 12-year-old girl – in Northwest Friday is dead.

The Sidwell Friends School in Northwest D.C. also announced it is on lockdown. Police later lifted the shelter in place. One witness told FOX 5 she heard four separate incidents or rounds of gunfire take place. There have been at least four victims located, including two women, one man, and a 12-year-old girl, according to authorities. Police swept the Cleveland Park and Van Ness area and urged residents to shelter in place. One of the victims was a former member of DC Police. All the victims are in stable condition and expected to survive, police said.

Police have identified a person of interest in a shooting that wounded at least four people Friday afternoon in Northwest D.C..

She says she was picking up a student at the Edmund Burke School when she heard a burst of gunfire and ducked for cover in her car@nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/ThoGBzJhXA She said her son told her, “Whoever was shooting hit the glass bridge” connecting the school’s two buildings, adding that he believes some students may have been hit by glass. That order was lifted shortly after 9:30 p.m. and roads in the vicinity reopened. And I realized it was a pretty big situation.” “I ducked for cover,” and then Hall said different law enforcement units came. Contee did not identify him and said police were waiting to inform the next of kin. “We all recall back in that time when we had the sniper, the D.C. sniper situation unfolding. Contee also confirmed the presence of a tripod. “This was a sniper-type setup,” Contee said, adding that police believe there are no other people involved. Emerman also identified a fourth victim, Patricia Termini, who was grazed on her shoulder. She was grazed in the shoulder by a bullet. Assistant Police Chief Stuart Emerman said at a news conference earlier Friday night that they were stable.

A suspect wanted in connection with a Friday afternoon shooting that wounded four people near two campuses in Washington, D.C., died by suicide, ...

Metro police said they were conducting sweeps of the area in a search for suspects. “We have experienced this too much in our country,” she said. It wasn't immediately clear if the suspect was Raymond Spencer, 23, who authorities identified earlier as a person of interest. Authorities told people in the area of Van Ness Street, NW, and Connecticut Avenue, NW, in the Van Ness neighborhood, to shelter in place. Three of the victims — a 12-year-old girl who was shot in the arm, a woman in her mid-30s and a 54-year-old man — were stabilized, Emerman said. A woman in her mid-60s with a graze wound to her upper back was treated at the scene and released, he said.

Spencer killed himself as police officers entered his apartment, which had been arranged in a “sniper-type setup” with a weapon mounted on a tripod, Contee said ...

One witness, identified by a local reporter as Austin Bittle, said he was in a nearby coffee shop when he heard more than 20 gunshots ring out in quick succession before seeing police officers racing toward the scene. “It was madness. Contee said at least 20 rounds were fired.

The suspected gunman was found dead Friday night inside an apartment at the scene as Metropolitan Police Department officers conducted door-to-door searches ...

Agents from the FBI arrived in an armored vehicle and the U.S. Secret Service said its officers were aiding police in the search and at the scene. The man was rushed by police helicopter to a local hospital and his condition wasn’t immediately known. A slew of law enforcement officials and emergency crews were sent to the scene. The gunman had posted a video of the shooting on 4chan, though police are still working to determine whether it was streamed live or recorded and then uploaded online, Contee said. Bugay said the university sent emails telling students to stay in place. In a tweet Friday, the college said there was an “active shooting incident near student housing.” Police in tactical gear were seen escorting people — including college students from nearby campuses — out of apartment buildings in the area. She said it sounded like the shots were coming from above and at a distance. As officers were approaching the fifth-floor apartment where the gunman was holed up, they believe he took his own life. The epidemic of gun violence, the easy access to weapons, has got to stop. The man had been “linked to social media postings” that emerged as part of the investigation, Assistant Police Chief Stuart Emerman said. The shooting was recorded and posted online on 4chan, an online message board.

On Saturday, D.C. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III said the gunman fired more than 100 rounds from a long gun, and he confirmed reports that bullets holes were ...

Video seen on 4Chan under the name Raymond Spencer shows shots fired at Edmund Burke School feet from fleeing students.