WASHINGTON — At least five people were shot Thursday morning at and around VIDA Fitness gym in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., near 15th and P Streets Northwest, about a mile north of the White House. One person has died, and four were wounded and taken to hospitals in varying conditions.
The Metropolitan Police Department issued its first alert at 8:23 a.m. Eastern about an active shooting in the area of 15th and P Street Northwest, and said its Emergency Response Team was on scene.
The suspect is barricaded in the apartment building above the gym, in the 1500 block of 15th Street Northwest. A federal law enforcement source told NBC4 Washington that the suspect was on a high floor. As of about 10 a.m. Eastern, he had not been taken into custody, and police had not publicly identified him.
Police issued a shelter-in-place order for the immediate area, the 1500 block of 15th Street NW, and told everyone else to avoid the area. Dozens of witnesses were evacuated from the gym around 9:20 a.m. and moved by Metro buses to a community center. Multiple local schools are on "alert" status.
The FBI's Washington Field Office and the ATF said they are on scene assisting DC police and Metro Transit Police.
Ward 2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto said the shootings happened "at and outside" the gym and that police were still looking for the suspect.
7News reported police described the suspect as a white male, heavy-set, possibly wearing a gray shirt. That description has not been confirmed as a police identification.
A witness inside the gym, James Spellman, said he heard about two shots in the gym and about five or six outside. Another gym member, Michael Carney, was on a treadmill when the shooting started. People fled into a neighboring apartment building when a fire alarm was pulled.
No motive has been stated and no suspect has been publicly identified. This is a developing story, and the victim count and the suspect's status may change as officials confirm more.
— Update: Thursday, November 12, 2026 —
The suspect shot himself while barricaded inside the apartment, interim Metropolitan Police Chief Jeffrey Carroll said, and officers were giving him aid; police did not say whether he was dead. NBC News reported that the gunman entered the gym, shot a member in the back, and then ran out of the building. According to a law enforcement official who spoke to the Associated Press, the suspect shot another person in a parking garage elevator and then barricaded himself on the seventh floor of the building. Carroll said the man apparently had a dispute with the building's homeowners association. A video circulating on social media shows a fire at the building where the suspect was barricaded; police have not confirmed a fire, and the cause of the blaze in the video is not known. The victim count may still change as officials confirm more.