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Five reported shot at and outside a Logan Circle gym; police say the gunman is barricaded

Shots were fired around 8 a.m. Thursday near 15th and P Streets Northwest, about a mile from the White House. By mid-morning, police had not named the wounded, said how badly they were hurt or identified the shooter.

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Around 8 a.m. on Thursday, people in Washington's Logan Circle neighborhood were being shot as the city started its workday. The shootings happened at and outside a gym, and outside on 15th Street Northwest. By mid-morning, the latest reports put the number of people shot at five. Nobody had said who they were, how badly they were hurt, or who shot them.⁠8⁠12

Police reported the shooting around 8 a.m. near 15th and P Streets Northwest, about a mile north of the White House. They described it as an active shooter across multiple locations. Brooke Pinto, the Ward 2 councilmember who represents the area, posted that the shootings happened "at and outside" the VIDA Fitness gym. As of the early reports, police had not confirmed the exact location.⁠8⁠2⁠4

ACTIVE SHOOTING in the area of 15th and P Street, Northwest.

Metropolitan Police Department 7

The department posted that alert on X at 8:23 a.m. Its Emergency Response Team, the tactical unit, went to the scene. Officer Nathan Clarke, a police spokesman, said no other details were immediately available, including exactly where the gunfire happened or how badly the victims were hurt.⁠7⁠3⁠8

5People shot, latest morning reports 91217
8:23Police active-shooting alert, a.m. ET 72
~1 miDistance north of the White House 47
0Arrests reported as of 9:25 a.m. 112

A count that kept climbing

The number of people shot rose over the morning, and the reports never fully agreed. The earliest local story, from FOX 5 DC, said three people were shot in its headline and four in its own body text. NBC News' live blog said at least three were injured, citing two officials, and Telemundo also said at least three.⁠8⁠10⁠14

Within the hour, the count settled on four. ABC News cited police sources for at least four people shot. A Washington station said D.C. police confirmed at least four to it, and CNN's Spanish-language service also reported at least four.⁠1⁠6⁠16

By later in the morning, the Associated Press's updated story, WUSA9 and an updated FOX report all said five. Police, though, told CBS News they could not confirm how many people had been shot. FOX 5 DC's figure of three isn't really a competing account. It was an early number that the outlet's own text had already overtaken. Five is the most recent figure, not a confirmed one.⁠9⁠12⁠17⁠4

None of the reports named the victims or gave their ages or conditions. None reported a death.

From manhunt to standoff

The search for the gunman turned into a standoff within about an hour. At first, the AP reported that the shooter had not been caught. ABC's sources said no suspect was in custody, and Pinto said police were searching for him. Then Fox News, in an update around 9 a.m., reported that police no longer considered him at large. Police told Fox he was "contained" and barricaded by officers.⁠9⁠1⁠4⁠3

Thursday morning, Nov. 12

  1. Around 8:00 a.m.

    Shooting reported near 15th and P Streets Northwest.

    8
  2. 8:23 a.m.

    Police post an active-shooting alert on X and the Emergency Response Team arrives.

    72
  3. Early morning

    No suspect in custody; Pinto says police are searching for him.

    14
  4. About 9:00 a.m.

    Police tell Fox News the shooter is contained and barricaded by officers.

    3
  5. About 9:25 a.m.

    Latest reports: five shot, no arrest, no deaths reported.

    12

Reports disagreed about where he was. NBC News said police believed he was barricaded inside the gym. Telemundo said he was in an apartment building near Logan Circle. One local report published a suspect description, a heavy-set white man possibly wearing a gray shirt, but didn't say where it came from. Treat that description as unconfirmed. No outlet reported his name, his motive or the weapon.⁠10⁠14⁠6

The neighborhood shut down around the scene. Authorities cordoned off much of the 1500 block of 15th Street, a stretch of homes that also includes the gym and St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Streets were closed until further notice at 15th and P eastbound, 14th and P westbound, and 15th and Q. Nearby schools were locked down, and residents near 15th and P were told to stay indoors. Metro Transit Police said they expected to increase their presence at several nearby stations.⁠8⁠6⁠7⁠12⁠15

Who else was on the line

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said its Washington office was at the scene helping. A U.S. official told ABC News that National Guard troops were helping secure the perimeter, and that no Guard members were hurt or involved in the confrontation. That account comes from a single official, and none of the other reports here mention the Guard. City police led the response, and on that account the Guard held the perimeter.⁠2⁠1

That detail comes during a running fight over those troops. In the past week, Pinto, the councilmember who first named the gym, has called on five newly elected Democratic governors to withdraw their states' Guard troops from D.C. once they take office. She did so as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved Guard use of boats, military vehicles and marked police cars in the city. Nothing in the reporting so far connects that dispute to what happened at 15th and P. Still, it shows what the Guard actually did on a morning when a gunman opened fire a mile from the White House: it held the perimeter while the city's police dealt with the shooter.⁠25⁠23

Known

  • Police issued an active-shooting alert at 8:23 a.m. for 15th and P Streets Northwest, after a shooting reported around 8 a.m. 78
  • Pinto says people were shot at and outside VIDA Fitness in Logan Circle. 23
  • Police said the gunman was contained and barricaded. As of about 9:25 a.m., no arrest and no deaths had been reported. 312

Unknown

  • The final number of people shot, their names and their conditions. Police said they could not confirm the count.
  • Who the gunman is, why he fired, what weapon he used, and whether he was holed up inside the gym or in a nearby apartment building.
  • Exactly where inside or outside the gym the shots were fired.

Next

  • The first full police briefing on the victim count, the condition of the wounded and whether the standoff has ended.
  • Whether the barricade ends in an arrest, and whether anyone is hurt in the process.

Every figure in this account is provisional. It rests on breaking-news reports from the first hour and a half, which relied on police posts, a councilmember's posts and officials who weren't named. No police briefing had been held when these reports were published. Until one is, the main questions about this shooting are still open: who was shot, how badly they're hurt, and who shot them.⁠4⁠12

Sources21

Of the sources cited here, Google News United States (US:en) published first, 6 days before this report aired. 16 more outlets followed.
  1. Google News United States (US:en)
  2. FOX 5 DC
  3. FOX 2 Detroit
  4. WJLA
  5. The Washington Sun
  6. The Mirror US
  7. NBC News
  8. The Independent
  9. +9 more outlets
  10. HeyDay News

1 older piece read for background.3 outlets with no date:apnews.comwusa9.comtheyeshivaworld.com

Every source, by outlet

25 sources from 21 outlets· Most cited first

As aired
  1. A gunman opened fire at a Washington gym, and the latest count is five people shot.
  2. It happened around eight on a Thursday morning in Logan Circle, about a mile north of the White House, as the city was starting its day. By mid-morning nobody had been arrested, and police said the gunman was contained, barricaded by officers.
  3. What police still haven't said is how badly the wounded are hurt, or who the man who shot them is.
  4. The gunfire broke out near 15th and P Streets Northwest. Brooke Pinto, the councilmember who represents the area, says people were shot at and outside the VIDA Fitness gym. Police haven't confirmed the exact spot.
  5. Police cordoned off much of the 1500 block of 15th Street, a stretch of homes, the gym and St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Streets at 15th and P, 14th and P, and 15th and Q are closed until further notice. Nearby schools locked down, residents near 15th and P were told to stay indoors, and Metro Transit Police said they'd step up their presence at nearby stations.
  6. Police sounded the alarm at 8:23, posting that they were responding to an active shooting in the area of 15th and P. Their Emergency Response Team, the department's tactical unit, went in, and police described an active shooter across multiple locations.
  7. Officer Nathan Clarke, a police spokesman, said no other details were immediately available, including exactly where the gunfire happened or how badly the victims were hurt.
  8. The first count was three people shot. Within the hour, police were putting it at four. By later in the morning, the count stood at five. And police themselves said they couldn't confirm the number.
  9. None of the victims have been named, and nobody has said what condition they're in. No deaths have been reported.
  10. We're staying on this standoff in Logan Circle until police say who the gunman is and how the wounded are doing. Subscribe to this channel to follow it, and find updates at heyday dot news.
  11. Within an hour, the hunt for the gunman turned into a standoff.
  12. Police posted their alert at 8:23, and at first nobody was in custody. Pinto said police were searching for him. By about nine, police said he was contained, barricaded by officers. As of 9:25, nobody had been arrested and no deaths had been reported.
  13. It isn't clear exactly where he's holed up, inside the gym or in an apartment building near Logan Circle. Nobody has released his name or said why he opened fire.
  14. Federal agents and National Guard troops joined the response. The ATF said its Washington office was at the scene helping, and a U.S. official said Guard troops were securing the perimeter. None of them were hurt, and none were involved in the confrontation.
  15. Guard troops sent here under the administration's crime deployment have been on the city's streets for months. Still, city police led this response, a mile from the White House, and the Guard held the line.
  16. Brooke Pinto, the councilmember who first named the gym, has spent the past week pushing for those troops to leave. She called on five newly elected Democratic governors to pull their states' Guard troops out of D.C. once they take office. She did it as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved Guard use of boats, military vehicles and marked police cars here.
  17. The next step is the first full police briefing, on how many people were shot, how badly they're hurt, and whether the standoff is over.
  18. As of mid-morning, police hadn't named the gunman or said how the wounded were doing. No deaths had been reported, no one had been arrested, and officers had him barricaded near 15th and P.

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