A gunman opened fire in and outside a gym in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood on Thursday morning, police said. One person was killed and four others were wounded before the suspect barricaded himself inside a nearby apartment and turned the gun on himself.
The shooting happened in the upscale neighborhood about a mile north of the White House. It set off a massive police response and shut down streets in the heart of the nation’s capital.
Interim Metropolitan Police Chief Jeffery Carroll told reporters that police got the call just before 8 a.m. Carroll said the suspect then barricaded himself in a unit believed to be his, in an apartment building above the neighborhood’s Vida Fitness gym.
Police said the man fired at officers from inside the barricaded apartment. After negotiators made contact with him, he suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told NewsNation that the shooter was also killed.
At 8:23 a.m., the department posted on X that officers were responding to 15th and P streets NW. The block includes the Vida Fitness location, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and residences, and sits around the corner from a Whole Foods supermarket.
The department’s Emergency Response Team was deployed. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said its Washington office was on scene assisting, and U.S. Park Police also responded. Police helicopters circled overhead as officers blocked off streets for several blocks.
Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order for the areas around Logan Circle and nearby Dupont Circle. Residents were told to get inside the nearest building and stay away from windows.
D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto posted on X that shots were fired both inside and outside the gym, and she urged the public to avoid the area.
Witnesses described terrifying scenes inside the facility. Some gymgoers said they were on treadmills when they heard a loud bang. One witness told reporters, “It was horrific, honestly.”
Another witness said people ran out of the gym with their arms raised as officers ordered them to clear the area.
Vida Fitness president Aaron Moore said the Logan Circle location is temporarily closed. The company emailed members that it will stay shut until further notice.
As of Thursday morning, police had not publicly identified the suspect or the victims, and no motive had been released. The conditions of the four wounded victims were also not immediately disclosed.
Logan Circle and the nearby 14th Street corridor are among the city’s most popular nightlife and dining destinations. The area has seen several high-profile shootings in recent years.
Thursday’s attack comes a little more than a year after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the District in August 2025. That declaration put the city’s police force under federal control and deployed the National Guard to the capital.
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