One Person Killed and Four Injured in Washington DC Gym Shooting, Suspect Dead

The update

Police in Washington DC said one person was killed and four people were injured in a shooting at the VIDA Fitness gym in Logan Circle on Thursday morning. Interim police chief Jeffery Carroll said calls came in just before 8am from the gym, about a mile north of the White House. One man died at the scene; of the four people taken to hospital, one is in critical condition and the others have non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect, a gym member, barricaded himself in a seventh-floor apartment in an adjoining building. After negotiators spoke with him for more than an hour, officers heard a gunshot and forced entry, finding him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said the gunman had died.

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Why it matters

The shooting closed the gym and surrounding streets, put nearby schools on alert status and drew a large local and federal response. Mayor Muriel Bowser called it a senseless act of gun violence and said the White House had been briefed.

What to watch

Police said they believe the suspect had a conflict with the apartment building’s homeowners association, but stressed the investigation is early and no motive has been established. Neither the person killed nor the suspect has been named. Attention will turn to the critically injured victim and when the area reopens.

Sources

• npr.org — confirms the toll, the gym timeline and police saying the gunman died from a self-inflicted wound
• theguardian.com — confirms the toll, the barricade and negotiations, and the suspect’s death reported via the Associated Press

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