5 people are shot in DC, including 1 killed at a gym, and then suspect kills himself

A gunman opened fire at a VIDA fitness center in the Logan Circle neighborhood around 8 a.m. Thursday, killing one man and critically wounding another before fleeing the scene and shooting three more people nearby, according to Metropolitan Police Department Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll. The violence unfolded about a mile north of the White House, prompting a massive police response that locked down schools and cordoned off much of the 15th Street Northwest block, which includes residences, a church, and a Whole Foods supermarket.

Witnesses described a chaotic scene inside the crowded gym. James Spellman said there were about 50 people present when the shooting began. "Within seconds there was a man who fell to the ground, and a pool of blood came out," Spellman said. "One gym member rushed to help him. He was instantly dead. He had been shot in the neck." Anthony Mirones, who was in the cardio area, initially thought a loud bang was something falling off the wall before a fire alarm sounded and people fled, stepping over the victim's body.

The suspect eventually barricaded himself inside a seventh-floor apartment nearby, where he had been speaking with police negotiators by phone. Carroll said the man later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a detail confirmed by a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity. SWAT teams had positioned themselves on the roof and ground of the apartment building during the standoff.

Mayor Muriel Bowser said she was "devastated" at the loss of life in a "senseless act of gun violence." The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the FBI's Washington field office are assisting local police with the ongoing investigation. The neighborhood was the site of a high-profile carjacking assault in August 2025 that led to a federal deployment of National Guard members, which remains in effect.

Sources: Las Vegas Review-Journal