Five shots fired in Washington DC, police say, suspect barricaded in building – follow live

Jonathan Csapo
Reporting from Washington DC

BBC producer Jonathan Csapo lives in the building where the shooting took place – and he was there at the time.

I was going down the fire escape because we heard the fire alarm go off in the building.

As I was leaving, gunshots rang out very, very close to where I was.

I could see the smoke, I could see the flash. We all started running. It was our first instinct.

We immediately ran and hid behind a barricade, a small brick structure right next to the building.

We were immediately taken inside the building. At that time, firefighters were already on scene, as the fire alarm had been going off about three minutes ago.

And then everyone started screaming.

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