Washington Logan Circle Shooting: Police Say Suspect Contained With Self-Inflicted Wound, One Wounded Victim Critical

Jeffery Carroll, interim chief of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), said at a press conference on Thursday, November 12, that the gunman in the shooting in and around a VIDA Fitness gym in Washington's Logan Circle neighborhood has been contained. The gunman had barricaded himself in a seventh-floor apartment in the building above the gym, police negotiators spoke with him for about an hour, he fired through the door at officers, and he was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police have not said whether the gunman has died and have not released his name.

The shooting took place at about 8 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday near the intersection of 15th Street and P Street Northwest in Logan Circle, about one mile north of the White House. At least five people were shot, one of whom died. Carroll said that among the four wounded, one victim was in critical condition and the other three had injuries that were not life threatening. The identities of the dead and wounded have still not been released.

Carroll said the gunman was a member of the gym and investigators said it was too early to identify a motivation. He also said police understood the gunman had been involved in a dispute with the homeowner's association of the apartment building, and police were continuing to look into whether that was connected to the shooting. Police had earlier issued a shelter-in-place order for the block, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the FBI were among the agencies assisting at the scene.

The incident remains under investigation, and the gunman's condition, a motive and the full sequence of events await further official updates from police. (Source: Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia)

Source: MPD

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Photo: 图：事发社区华盛顿特区 Logan Circle 的航拍（资料图，非事发现场）。Carol M. Highsmith 摄，美国国会图书馆藏，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: An aerial view of the Logan Circle neighborhood in Washington, D.C., where the shooting took place (file photo, not the scene). Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress collection, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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