DC active shooting now a barricade situation, police say - USA Today
WASHINGTON – At least four people have been shot, police in Washington, DC, say, in an active shooting that has resulted in a shelter-in-place order and a suspect barricading themselves inside a building.
The shooting took place near 15th and P Street Northwest, police said on X. The location is near Logan Circle, a trendy, upscale neighborhood less than a mile north of the White House.
People are being asked to avoid the area. Police issued a shelter-in-place order in the immediate area around the 1500 block of 15th Street Northwest.
A police officer on scene told USA TODAY at least four people had been shot. Their conditions were not immediately known.
The incident has resulted in a suspect barricading themselves in a nearby building, police said, adding the agency's Emergency Response Team is on the scene.
In a post on her Instagram page, DC Councilmember Brooke Pinto said the shooting took place at a gym and multiple people were injured. She also said police were looking for a suspect.
A manager of Vida Fitness gym at the scene told USA TODAY some staff are still inside the building.
In addition to Metro police, Transit Police and Secret Service are on scene as helicopters circle above the area.
USA TODAY has reached out to Metro police and fire for more information.
Greg Raleigh, a resident who lives nearby, was walking out of Whole Foods right across from Vida Fitness around 8 a.m. ET when he saw people running out of the gym.
"Somebody yelled 'shooter, shooter,'" Raleigh recalled.
He said he had a friend in Vida and he tried to run into the building to get to him.
"But the cops showed up pretty quickly and they were like, 'Get back, get back!'" Raleigh said. He still hasn’t heard back from his friend inside the gym.
According to a notification to tenants of a nearby office building, the suspect is reportedly barricaded within the seventh floor of an unspecified apartment building along the 1500 block of 15th Street NW and has reportedly fired several shots at DC Metro Police through the door.The National Guard is also on scene, the notice obtained by USA TODAY reads, adding local schools in Logan Circle and immediately surrounding neighborhoods have been placed on lockdown.
Police have not confirmed that information.
