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At leas three people were wounded in a shooting at an apartment building in downtown Vancouver, Washington.

Two of those shot are in critical condition, according to Portland ABC affiliate KATU.

Police have massed at Smith Tower, where shots were fired in the lobby of the building, authorities said.

PHOTO: Police from the Department of Homeland Security patrol outside an apartment building in downtown Vancouver, Wash., where at least three people were shot on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.KATU
Police from the Department of Homeland Security patrol outside an apartment building in downtown Vancouver, Wash., where at least three people were shot on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.

The shooter is now holed up in his apartment in the building, with police trying to get him to surrender, police said.

PHOTO: Police responded to an active shooter situation at Smith Tower in Vancouver, Wash., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.KATU
Police responded to an active shooter situation at Smith Tower in Vancouver, Wash., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver confirmed to ABC News it received two patients.

Vancouver is just across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon.

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