(CNN) Police in the southern Washington city of Vancouver said Thursday that one person was killed and two people were hurt in a shooting at an apartment building for senior citizens.

An 80-year-old suspect was taken into custody without incident, police spokeswoman Kim Capp said several hours after the shooting.

Police responded around 2 p.m. to a call of a shooting at the Smith Tower Apartments.

When officers arrived they found three victims in the lobby of the apartment building suffering from gunshot wounds. Two female victims were transported to area hospitals for medical treatment and one male victim was deceased.

Earlier Capp told reporters the initial shots were fired in the apartment building lobby and the suspect went to his apartment.

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