D.C. police said they arrested a man early Thursday suspected of shooting and wounding a D.C. Housing Authority police officer near the Navy Yard neighborhood in Southeast.

Chief Michael Reese, the head of the Housing Authority’s police unit, said the suspect was taken into custody around 9 a.m. after having barricaded himself inside a parking garage.

A woman who was with the male suspect also was taken into custody, police said.

Chief Reese said the wounded officer was shot in the chest and was in stable condition at a hospital.

The shooting, which occurred about 5:30 a.m. in the area of Fourth and M streets SE, prompted a massive police response. Officers cordoned off the general area, and helicopters were used in the search for the shooter, according to WTOP Radio.

• Matt Delaney can be reached at mdelaney@washingtontimes.com.