Washington Logan Circle Shooting Update: Police Confirm Gunman Died of a Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

Jeffery Carroll, interim chief of Washington's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), confirmed 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 died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police had earlier said only that the gunman had been contained and found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, without saying whether he had died; the press conference confirmed his death.

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, and four were wounded and taken to hospitals, one in critical condition and the other three with injuries that were not life threatening. After the shooting, the gunman 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 officers then heard a gunshot, entered the apartment and found that he had died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Carroll said police have an idea of who the gunman is but have not released his name. The gunman was a member of the gym, and police understood he had been involved in a dispute with the homeowner's association of the apartment building. A motive is still under investigation, and Carroll said it was unclear whether the gunman and the victims knew each other. The identities of the dead and wounded have still not been released. (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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