Police say five people were shot in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle early Thursday, and the suspected gunman later died after barricading himself inside an apartment.
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Police said early Thursday that five people were shot in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighbourhood, about a mile north of the White House, as officers responded to reports from multiple locations.
Interim Metropolitan Police Department chief Jeffery Carroll said one victim died in the initial shooting. He said the suspect then shot himself while barricaded inside an apartment.
Authorities said the suspected gunman was barricaded in a nearby apartment building as SWAT teams and other officers responded with guns drawn, with some officers on the roof and others on the ground.
Police said schools were on lockdown, and a block on 15th Street was cordoned off as officers urged people to avoid the area, which includes a VIDA fitness centre, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, residences and a Whole Foods supermarket.
A witness, James Spellman, said there were about 50 people at the gym around 8 a.m. when the shooting began. Spellman said a gym member rushed to help a man who “was instantly dead,” adding he had been shot in the neck. Spellman said he heard about two shots inside the gym and about five or six outside.
Another witness, Ryan Dubicki, said he was in his nearby apartment when he “heard about five bangs,” and later saw “cops everywhere.”
Federal agencies including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives sent agents to the scene, and the FBI said its Washington field office was helping local police with the investigation.
Law enforcement officials said they believed the suspect shot at least one person inside the gym before firing again, and that the suspect shot another person in a parking garage elevator before barricading himself on the seventh floor.
Carroll said police believed the man had a dispute with the building’s homeowners association.
The police said the neighbourhood has seen violence before, including an assault in Logan Circle in early August 2025 involving a group of teenagers attempting to carjack a person and a woman.
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