Washington DC: Shooting near White House, 2 including gunman dead
What's the story
A gunman killed a man at a gym before fleeing and shooting four more people early Thursday in a popular neighborhood of Washington, DC. just a short distance from the White House. The suspected shooter later turned the gun on himself inside a nearby seventh-floor apartment where he had been speaking to police negotiators on the phone, Jeffery Carroll, interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department, said.
Police response
SWAT teams were seen responding to the situation
The shootings took place in Logan Circle, about a mile north of the White House, and police have cordoned off much of the block around 15th Street.
SWAT teams and other officers were seen with their guns drawn on the roof of the apartment building and on the ground below.
Eyewitness accounts
Witnesses describe the horrifying scene
James Spellman, who was at the gym during the shooting, recalled hearing gunshots and seeing a man fall to the ground.
"Within seconds there was a man who fell to the ground, and a pool of blood came out," he told AP.
Another witness, Ryan Dubicki, thought he heard construction noises before realizing there were police everywhere after receiving an alert about a possible active shooter.
Ongoing probe
FBI, ATF assisting local police in investigation
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has sent agents to assist in the investigation. The FBI's Washington field office is also aiding local police.
Schools in the vicinity have been placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure.
Logan Circle has witnessed violence before; in August 2025, a former member of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency was attacked by teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman.