One person is dead, and at least four people have been injured following a shooting in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, police said during a press conference.
Officials said one of the injured was critically wounded and the shooter was suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after barricading himself inside an apartment.
A source told ABC News that a heavy-set male started firing near the entrance of VIDA gym near Logan Circle.
The suspect, according to sources, barricaded himself in an apartment in the building above the gym, according to multiple sources.
Law enforcement officers work at the site of what DC police says is a shooting, in Washington, November 12, 2026.
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District of Columbia Public Schools announced in coordination with police that it was advised to place a number of schools “under alert status.”
“During alert status, entering or exiting the building is not permitted,” the school district said.
Police work at the site of a shooting in Washington, November 12, 2026.
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Previously, the Metropolitan Police Department said it is responding to an active shooter.
“CRITICAL ALERT: MPD is on the scene of an ACTIVE SHOOTING in the area of 15th and P Street, Northwest. MPD’s Emergency Response Team is on scene,” police wrote in a social media post.
National Guard troops are helping secure a perimeter of the area, a U.S. official told ABC News. No guardsmen have been injured or engaged, the official said.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is headed to the scene, according to a source.
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