Logan Circle Gym Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 4 Hurt in Washington DC
A gunman who opened fire at a Northwest Washington gym on Thursday morning is dead, and one other person was killed, D.C. police said. Four
A gunman who opened fire at a Northwest Washington gym on Thursday morning is dead, and one other person was killed, D.C. police said. Four more people were wounded, and one of them is in critical condition.
Police got a call just before 8 a.m. about shots inside Vida Fitness, in the 1500 block of 15th Street NW near Logan Circle. Officers reached the scene in about 30 seconds. They found one person shot inside the gym, and that person died there.
Officers then located four other shot victims nearby and sent them to the hospital. Police described the suspect as a white male.
Standoff in an apartment building
Officers cleared the gym and an apartment building on the same block while they searched for him. Gunfire was heard on the building's seventh floor.
Police later determined he had barricaded himself in an apartment. Negotiators made contact and talked with him for more than an hour.
During that conversation, officers heard a gunshot. They forced their way in and found the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said he has since died.
Witnesses describe the panic
Gunfire outside the gym sent people running and put the area on lockdown, according to the gym's manager. The manager said police were inside the building and that staff felt safe. The gym will stay closed for the rest of the day.
Greg Raleigh was trying to reach a friend inside when police hurried people away. "I looked up and I saw people running out," he said. He said he did not see anyone leave the building carrying a gun.
Another witness said people fled the fitness center into a nearby Starbucks. A man who was inside the fitness center said he heard a "bang" and moved toward the commotion.
Early reports put the number of people shot at five. Police later confirmed one victim killed and four wounded, in addition to the gunman's death.
