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Five people were shot Thursday morning in Washington’s Logan Circle neighborhood, about a mile north of the White House, as police responded to an active shooting across multiple locations and searched for a suspect.
The Metropolitan Police Department said on X at 8:23 a.m. that it was responding to the area of 15th and P streets Northwest. Police are treating it as an active shooting and described the suspect as a heavy-set white male, possibly wearing a gray shirt.
No other details were immediately available, including the exact locations of the shootings or the extent of the victims’ injuries, police Officer Nathan Clarke told The Associated Press (AP).
D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto said on social media that there were shootings at and outside a Vida Fitness gym and urged people to stay away from the area.
Police cordoned off much of the 1500 block of 15th Street, which includes the gym, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and residences and is around the corner from a Whole Foods supermarket. Streets including 15th and P, 14th and P, and 15th and Q were closed until further notice.
The police Emergency Response Team and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were at the scene. Metro Transit Police said riders should expect an increased police presence at stations in the area.
Authorities reportedly issued a shelter-in-place order for the area near the 1500 block of 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C.
In August 2025, a former member of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted in Logan Circle by teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman, authorities said. Days later, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed direct federal control over the city and deployed hundreds of National Guard members, a deployment that continues.
The investigation into the Logan Circle shooting is ongoing.
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