Officials have announced that the suspected shooter who injured four people – including a 12-year-old girl – in Northwest is dead.
During a press conference Friday evening, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said that the gunmen "took his life" in a fifth-floor apartment located in the area of Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness St., NW.
DC police said they received a call about a shooting at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday along the 2900 block of Van Ness Street, NW near Edmund Burke School.FOX 5's Josh Rosenthal reports live from the scene where four people were shot near a Northwest D.C. school. Police swept the Cleveland Park and Van Ness area and urged residents to shelter in place. Police later lifted the shelter in place. On Saturday, police announced that there will be a police presence near the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness Street throughout the day as they investigate the incident.
FOX 5 DC spoke with witnesses at the scene who said they heard at least 100 gunshots in the area. One witness told FOX 5 she heard four separate incidents or rounds of gunfire take place.
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