A shooting took place in Washington D.C. on Thursday morning, resulting in five people being shot, including one fatality, before the perpetrator took their own life to evade capture.
Foreign news agencies reported that on the morning of Thursday, 12 Nov 2026 GMT+7, the suspect fatally shot a man inside VIDA Fitness in the Logan Circle neighborhood, just 1.6 kilometers north of the White House, then fled and shot four more people, one of whom was in critical condition.
The suspect then escaped into a nearby 7th-floor apartment and decided to end their own life while speaking by phone with police negotiators.
SWAT officers, along with agents from the FBI and the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agency, sealed off the area on Northwest 15th Street and ordered nearby schools to lockdown for safety.
James Spellman, a witness at the gym, said there were about 50 people present. He described, "Within seconds, a man fell to the ground with blood flowing out. A gym member rushed to help, but he had already died from a gunshot wound to the neck."
Another witness, Anthony Mirones, said he heard a loud bang and thought something had fallen off the wall. Then people tried to assist the injured before the fire alarm sounded, causing a chaotic evacuation where people had to "walk over bodies to get out."
Ryan Dubicki, a witness in a nearby apartment, said, "I heard about five bangs," adding, "They were spaced far apart, so I thought it was construction noise." But shortly after, "there were police everywhere."
After the incident, Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a statement expressing deepest condolences over the senseless loss of life from gun violence.
Logan Circle previously experienced violence in August 2025 when a former DOGE agency officer under President Donald Trump was assaulted by a group of youths attempting to steal his vehicle. This prompted Trump to directly order city security oversight and deploy the National Guard, who remain stationed there.
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