One dead, four injured in shooting near White House, suspect dies by self-inflicted gunshot
A gunman opened fire in Washington’s Logan Circle, killing one person and wounding four before shooting himself as police surrounded the apartment building.
Five people were shot Thursday in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., a block that includes a fitness center, a church, residences and a Whole Foods store, police said. One victim died at the scene, according to Jeffrey Carroll, interim chief of the Metropolitan Police Department. The suspect, who police say had a dispute with the building’s homeowners association, shot himself while barricaded inside a seventh-floor apartment.
Law-enforcement officials said the gunman fired at least once inside the gym before moving outside and firing again, and later shot another person in a parking-garage elevator. Witnesses described hearing multiple gunshots and seeing people flee the area. One gym patron reported that a man fell to the ground with a neck wound and was pronounced dead on the spot.
SWAT teams and other officers secured the building, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives deployed agents to assist. The FBI’s Washington field office is also involved in the investigation.
The incident occurred amid heightened security measures in the city; earlier this year, President Donald Trump ordered federal control of Washington, D.C., and deployed National Guard troops to address crime concerns.