Active Shooter DC: One Killed, Four Wounded at a Logan Circle Gym, Suspect Contained With a Self-Inflicted Wound
A gunman opened fire just before 8 a.m. ET at a gym at 15th and P Streets NW, about a mile northeast of the White House, then barricaded himself on a seventh floor. Police confirmed one death and four wounded, one of them critical, and said a motive is still under investigation.
WASHINGTON — One person was killed and four others were wounded on Thursday morning when a gunman opened fire inside a gym in Washington's Logan Circle neighborhood and then barricaded himself inside a seventh-floor apartment, the Metropolitan Police Department said. The shooting began just before 8 a.m. ET at 15th and P Streets Northwest, about a mile northeast of the White House, and officers arrived within 30 seconds, Interim Chief J.W. Carroll told reporters.
Carroll confirmed the one death and said one of the four wounded people is in critical condition; the other three suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to the department's late-morning briefing. Police had issued a critical alert for an active shooting in the area and ordered people near the 1500 block of 15th Street NW to shelter in place, while several nearby elementary schools — Marie Reed, Ross, Thomson and Garrison — were placed on alert status. Councilmember Brooke Pinto warned online that the shooting took place at and outside the VIDA fitness club and told people to stay away from the area. No officers were struck.
The suspect holed up in a seventh-floor unit, where negotiators were able to open a dialogue, Carroll said. After about an hour, police heard a gunshot and forced their way into the apartment, where they found the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His condition was not immediately clear; Reuters reported that NBC and Fox News, citing unnamed law-enforcement sources, reported he had died, a point police themselves had not confirmed in the briefing. Police did not identify either the suspect or the person killed, and Carroll said investigators believe the suspect lived in the apartment and was a member of the gym where the attack began.
Investigators are still working to determine a motive. Carroll said the suspect had experienced a conflict involving the building's homeowners association, while stressing that police have not established whether that disagreement motivated the shooting. 'We do know there was a conflict between him and the homeowners association of that building, but at this point we're continuing to look into that,' Carroll said. The story will be updated as police release confirmed information.
