D.C. shooting

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.

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.

A shooting on Friday afternoon left at least four people wounded in Northwest Washington, D.C. The suspect, who was not identified, died of a suspected ...

The shooting occurred near the University of the District of Columbia and an independent college preparatory school. There is no longer a threat to the public, Contee confirmed. Contee also said the suspect appears to have either livestreamed or recorded and posted a video of the shooting online. The three others were transported to local hospitals and are in stable condition, assistant police chief Stuart Emerman said earlier Friday. Police did not identify him as the suspect, but said he is no longer being sought. During a Friday night press conference, police chief Robert J. Contee said the suspect was located in his apartment, along with over six firearms and multiple rounds of ammunition.

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.

D.C. police Chief Robert J. Contee III said officers found six firearms, including long guns, hand guns and ammunition, along with a tripod used to mount rifles ...

At least one public elementary and high school were also put on lockdown, along with the west campus of Howard University Law School. Both schools are located about a mile away from the site of the shooting. “She begged us not to go down there because she said this shooter’s still out there and she was worried about our safety. The gunfire comes amid a string of recent mass shootings around the country that has unnerved residents. Aalemansour said he ran out onto Connecticut Avenue because police were arriving and he tried to direct them. He saw people running up the alley near his balcony and heard four blasts of gunfire. Three people in the video who appear to be wearing backpacks can be seen fleeing toward the building on Connecticut Avenue. One crouches and places their hands over their ears. Police had identified a person of interest in the case as Raymond Spencer, 23, of Fairfax, Va., and said his name emerged on social media posts. Officers questioned people fleeing and had some hold their hands in the air to make sure they weren’t involved. The sound of gunfire erupts, and one of the glass panels shatters. A black armored vehicle followed minutes later, with two men in camo riding in the back. “There could have been a lot of damage done, and lives lost.”