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"During the struggle the suspect fired, discharged, his gun at the officers and the officers returned fire, striking the suspect,” Chief Pamela Smith said.
A suspect is dead after three police officers were wounded in a shooting in northeast Washington, D.C., Monday morning.
Police said all three officers are recovering after being transported to hospitals. The male suspect was not identified, WTOP reports.
Officers responded to a report of a man with a gun in the lobby of an apartment building around 4:38 a.m., D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said during a news conference.
She said when the officers first arrived to the building lobby, they “made contact” with the suspect before he fled into an elevator. Additional police officers went to the scene in a search for him.
Smith said “a few minutes later” the suspect exited an elevator, encountering police officers in the lobby. When officers tried to take the man into custody, he produced a firearm.
“During the struggle the suspect fired, discharged, his gun at the officers and the officers returned fire, striking the suspect,” Smith said.