Update, 11:30 a.m. ET: D.C. police said the barricade had ended and the scene was safe at about 11:10 a.m. Police continued to ask people to avoid the area while traffic closures remained in place, Axios reported, citing an MPD update.
One person was killed and four others were wounded Thursday morning in a shooting in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood. The suspected gunman later shot himself while barricaded in a nearby apartment, Metropolitan Police Department interim chief Jeffery Carroll told The Associated Press. In a subsequent update, AP reported that the suspect died, citing a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Police response in Logan Circle
The shooting drew officers to the area of a VIDA Fitness gym on 15th Street NW. An official who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity said investigators believe at least one person was shot inside the gym before the suspect fired outside. Police cordoned off part of 15th Street and urged people to avoid the area during the response.
The FBI’s Washington Field Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted local police, AP reported. Carroll said the suspect appeared to have had a dispute with the building’s homeowners association. Police have yet to establish publicly whether that dispute motivated the shooting.