00:27Welcome to the U.S. Department of Education.
01:30The scene is continuing to unfold, but we want to provide you an update with the information that we have
01:34so far to this point. So what we know is just before 8 o'clock this morning, a call came
01:39in for the report of a shooting in the 1500 block of 15th Street inside of a gym. Officers immediately
01:45were dispatched to this area. They were on scene within 30 seconds. Once they arrived on the scene, they did
01:50locate an adult male that had been shot.
01:53However, multiple other calls came out for additional gunshots and victims.
01:57At this time, we have located a total of four individuals that were shot here on the scene and transported
02:04and one individual who is deceased here on the scene. When officers got on the scene again, they began canvassing,
02:10attempting to locate the suspect in this case. While they were on the scene, they were able to begin to,
02:15of course, clear the building where the shootings occurred.
02:17They also began to clear an apartment building in the 1500 block of 15th Street. While clearing that building, gunshots
02:25rang out on the seventh floor.
02:26And since that time, we have determined the suspect had barricaded themselves in an apartment on the seventh floor of
02:33that building. Just moments ago, while communicating with that individual, officers heard a gunshot. As a response to that, officers
02:42forced entry into the apartment. When they did that, they located the suspect suffering from a gunshot wound. At this
02:49time, the scene is still fluid with that.
02:51They're still evaluating that. They're still evaluating that to make sure we clear the entire building. We do believe that
02:55the suspect is now contained in that location. And of course, emergency services will be rendered as appropriate to that
03:01anymore about the gunman. Was he known to you age ethnicity? And can you give us any sense of what
03:08the motive might have been at this stage? Sure. As I said, we're very early in the investigation here. We
03:12do know based on the lookouts, it's a white male. We do have an idea who he is. We believe
03:16there were some sort of a conflict with the apartment building, but we don't have much more than that. That
03:21will
03:21We'll be part of the continuing investigation. Sure. Again, we're very early in the investigation. We do know there was
03:26a conflict between him and the homeowners association of that building. But at this point, we're continuing to look into
03:31that.
03:37Just a few minutes before we walked up here, it appears to be a self inflicted gunshot wound. As I
03:42mentioned, we were negotiators were talking to him on the phone at which time they heard a gunshot and he
03:46stopped communicating with them.
03:47Can we get your thoughts on this? What does this say about gun crime?
03:51Well, first of all, let me let me just say this. We're devastated. One of someone was killed in our
03:58city this morning, a senseless act of gun violence. I am very grateful to MPD and fire and EMS who
04:07responded immediately quickly and contained this situation.
04:12I know many DC residents were awakened to this news and were very scared and listened to all of the
04:22directors that MPD provided. So we're grateful to them as well. And MPD will continue to investigate this situation. But
04:31this lone gunman has been contained.
04:33Did you read the light?
05:30Let's go there.
05:31Okay.
05:33Let's go there.
05:39Okay.
05:40Okay.
05:40Okay.
05:43I almost saw that.
06:06So
06:56We heard it, I believe there were two.
06:59And then one man, one gym member, ran up to a guy who had fallen on the floor and blood
07:05was pouring immediately and said he's dead.
07:09And so we all scrambled to get our stuff.
07:12And then we didn't know if the gunman was still on the premises.
07:19So we just ran frantically, came outside and within a second or two, heard more gunshots just within a block
07:27away from the gym on 15th Street.
07:29And then we all ran and scrambled.
