Four shot in trendy neighbourhood of US capital

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Authorities say five people have been shot, one fatally, in a Washington DC neighbourhood about 1.6km north of the White House.

One person has been killed and four others shot and wounded after a gunman opened fire inside a gym before barricading himself inside an apartment building in Washington DC, police say.

The suspect holed up inside a seventh-floor unit, where police negotiators were able to open a dialogue, Metropolitan Police interim chief JW Carroll told reporters.

After about an hour, police heard a gunshot and forced their way into the apartment where they found the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The suspect's condition was not immediately clear but NBC and Fox News reported he had died, citing unnamed law enforcement sources.

Carroll said police believe he lived in the apartment and was a member of the gym where the attack began.

The shooting began just before 8am and officers arrived within 30 seconds, where they discovered an adult male shot.

Police were clearing a nearby apartment building when gunshots rang out on the seventh floor where the suspect had barricaded himself, Carroll said.

One of the four wounded people is in critical condition, Carroll said.

The shooting drew a massive police response, with large numbers of officers in tactical gear flooding the area in the trendy Logan Circle neighbourhood, about 1.6km northeast of the White House.

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