At least five people were shot in DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood Thursday morning. One person has died, the DC police say. The gunman “has been contained,” DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said at a news conference this morning. The scene now “is safe,” the cops say. The suspect is dead, the Associated Press reports. Police heard a gunshot when speaking to the suspect, DC’s acting police chief, Jeffery Carroll, said. They entered his apartment and found him with a gunshot wound. The gunman was in conflict with a homeowner’s association, Carroll said.
Previously, the cops said the suspect was “in a barricade situation” on the 1500 block of 15th Street, Northwest, in what was reportedly the Metropole building.
The shooting took place in VIDA Fitness’s location there, the Washington Sun reports. NBC News reports that a gunman entered the gym, “shot a gym member in the back and then ran out of the building.” Shots on the street followed as people ran, NBC News says. Officials on the scene “believe the suspect shot another person in a parking garage elevator and then barricaded himself on the seventh floor of the building,” the Associated Press reports. VIDA says its Logan Circle location will be closed until further notice.
Brian Galm, who lives in Logan Circle and was driving in the area just after 8 AM, tells Washingtonian he saw people crying outside the gym and “heard multiple pops” as he turned onto 15th. Another neighborhood resident tells Washingtonian she saw people running out of the gym as an alarm sounded.
DC police say area residents can check in at the Stead Park Recreation Center at 1625 P Street, Northwest. Some streets in the area are closed.
This post will be updated.
Andrew Beaujon joined Washingtonian in late 2014. He was previously with the Poynter Institute, TBD.com, and Washington City Paper. He lives in Del Ray.
