One killed and four injured in Washington DC shooting, as police say suspect 'contained'
Police said the suspect barricaded himself after gunfire outside VIDA Fitness, and federal agents joined the investigation as the gym was closed for the day.
- On Thursday, November 12, 2026, an active shooter killed one person and wounded four others at VIDA Fitness in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood. Metropolitan Police Department interim chief Jeffery Carroll confirmed the suspect later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Following the attack, the suspect barricaded himself in a seventh-floor apartment where negotiators attempted to resolve the standoff for over an hour. Carroll stated the gunman allegedly had a dispute with the building's homeowners association.
- Local schools were placed on lockdown as the Metropolitan Police Department's Emergency Response Team, supported by the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, secured the 1500 block of 15th Street.
- The VIDA Fitness location will remain closed for the rest of the day as investigators process the scene. Councilmember Brooke Pinto confirmed the violence occurred both inside and outside the facility.
- This incident occurs while National Guard members remain stationed throughout Washington, D.C., following President Donald Trump's 2025 decision to impose federal control over the city. The neighborhood previously experienced security challenges involving a Department of Government Efficiency member in 2025.
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One person was killed and four were injured in a shooting at several locations in Washington's Logan Circle neighborhood, about a mile and a half from the White House. The suspected attacker also died after barricading himself in an apartment on the seventh floor of the apartment building above the Vida Fitness gym.
Washington, Nov 12 (EFE).- One person died and at least four were injured, one of them in critical condition, in a shooting this Thursday in downtown Washington, where the suspect also died, apparently by a self-inflicted shot, authorities reported. The shooting occurred in a gymnasium in Logan Circle neighborhood, to [...] The entrance One dead and at least four wounded after shooting in Washington where the suspect dies was first published in …
5 people shot in trendy Washington neighbourhood, including 1 killed at a gym
Five people were shot Thursday in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighbourhood within walking distance of the White House, police said, and the suspected gunman shot himself as a swarm of officers responded to a nearby apartment building.
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