The shooting of four people by a gunman in northwest Washington DC on Friday afternoon forced residents and students into a lock down that lasted well into the night -- until the gunman was found dead in his apartment.
“The suspect that we believe is responsible for this is now deceased,” Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said at a night-time press conference with Mayor Muriel Bowser. “We believe that the suspect took his own life as MPD members were entering or breaking the apartment where the suspect was located.”
