A 55-year-old woman was fatally shot at a Maplewood apartment complex Wednesday morning by a suspect who then shot and wounded himself, police said.

Officers about 10:45 a.m. were called to a report of gunshots and someone lying on the ground at Pondview Apartments in the 2500 block of Ivy Avenue, north of Maryland Avenue and west of Century Avenue.

The woman was found in a hallway with gunshot wounds and taken to Regions Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Officers learned the suspect, a 56-year-old man, was possibly inside the woman’s apartment and armed.

A perimeter was set up, and neighboring apartment units were evacuated. A shelter-in-place order was issued.

The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team responded and made entry into the apartment, where they found the man wi

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