Washington Gym Shooting: One Dead, Four Wounded in Logan Circle — Suspect Found Dead After Barricade a Mile From the White House
Police say a gunman opened fire at the VIDA Fitness gym at 15th and P Streets Northwest shortly before 8 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, killing one person and wounding four others. The suspect barricaded himself in a seventh-floor apartment in the same building and was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said the scene was contained by late morning.
WASHINGTON - A gunman opened fire at a gym in Washington's Logan Circle neighborhood on Thursday morning, killing one person and wounding four others before barricading himself in an apartment in the same building, where officers later found him dead, police said. The Metropolitan Police Department posted a critical alert at 8:23 a.m. Eastern: an active shooting in the area of 15th and P Street Northwest, with the department's Emergency Response Team on the scene and everyone else told to avoid the area.
Interim Police Chief Jeffery W. Carroll said officers responded to reports of a shooting near 15th and P just before 8 a.m. Eastern, cleared the building where the shooting occurred, and then heard gunshots from a nearby apartment building, where the suspect had barricaded himself on the seventh floor. Officers found the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Carroll said, and the suspected shooter is also dead, Councilmember Brooke Pinto said. As of 10:30 a.m. Eastern, police said the scene had been contained.
The shooting took place at the VIDA Fitness club in Logan Circle, a neighborhood about a mile northeast of the White House, Pinto said. Reuters reported officers with rifles positioned on buildings nearby and dozens of police vehicles in the area. One person was pronounced dead at the scene and four others were taken to hospitals, police said. VIDA Fitness said its Logan Circle facility is temporarily closed and will remain closed until further notice.
Police are investigating a motive and have not released the suspect's identity; as of late morning he had been described only as appearing to be a white male, and no victim's name has been released. Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Metro police at 202-727-9099. This is a developing story, and the Local Desk will update this file as Washington officials confirm more.
