Members of the D.C. area’s regional fugitive task force shot and killed a man in an apartment in Columbia Heights early Thursday, authorities say. The man was suspected of killing a woman days earlier and got into a shoot-out with law enforcement, according to D.C.’s police chief.

The man was killed in his home in the 1400 block of Girard Street NW, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said. His name was not immediately released.

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News4 video shows a large law enforcement response on the block, which is a short walk from the Columbia Heights Metro station.

The man was suspected of killing a 33-year-old woman, Maurisha Singletary, Smith said. She was found fatally shot in a home in the 4000 block of Minnesot

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