Gunman Kills 1, Wounds 4 at DC Gym Before Taking His Own Life

A gunman killed one person inside a gym in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood Thursday morning and wounded four others in and around the building before fatally shooting himself, according to the Metropolitan Police Department’s interim chief, Jeffery Carroll, as reported by CBS News and Fox News.

Carroll said at a news conference that police received a call about the shooting just before 8 a.m. and that officers responded within 30 seconds, CBS News reported. Of the five victims, one died, one was in critical condition and three had injuries that were not life-threatening, Carroll said, according to CBS News.

The Washington, D.C., shooting suspect shot himself while barricaded inside an apartment, the interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department said. The chief added that the man apparently had a dispute with the building’s homeowners association. https://t.co/yQTAPOr5jh

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Victims Found in Several Locations

The person who was killed was shot inside Vida Fitness on the 1500 block of 15th Street NW, Carroll said, according to CBS News. Other victims included members of a construction crew across the street and a person in the lobby or alley outside the gym, Carroll said, CBS News reported. Carroll said the suspect is believed to have used a handgun, according to CBS News.

Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto told NBC Washington that the initial shooting inside the gym appeared to be targeted, while the gunfire outside did not appear to be, according to Newsweek. Witness Jennifer Christine told CBS News she was on a treadmill when she heard the shots. Fox News reported that dispatch audio indicated about 30 people sheltered in the gym’s basement as the gunfire erupted.

Standoff Ends With Self-Inflicted Gunshot

According to CBS News, the suspect retreated into the apartment building above the gym and barricaded himself in a unit believed to be his. Carroll said the suspect fired through the apartment door at police on two occasions and then shot himself while on the phone with police negotiators, CBS News reported. Officers forced their way in after hearing the gunshot and found him with a self-inflicted wound, and police later confirmed he died at the scene, according to CBS News.

Carroll also said a fire was set inside the building at some point during the incident, that sprinklers went off and that the fire was contained, CBS News reported. Carroll said police did not “know for sure” who set it but “would kind of expect” it was the suspect, according to CBS News.

Police Look at Condo Dispute

Carroll said police know the suspect’s identity but did not publicly release it, according to CBS News. He described the suspect as a White man believed to be a member of the gym, CBS News reported. Fox News and Newsweek reported that law enforcement sources, speaking anonymously to the Associated Press and NBC News, identified the suspect as a doctor; Daily Beltway is not naming him because police have not publicly confirmed his identity.

Carroll said the investigation into a motive is ongoing but that police are aware the suspect had a conflict with the apartment building’s homeowners association, according to CBS News. Fox News reported, citing the AP, that the suspect had filed a lawsuit against building management last year over mold and water problems in his unit.

Federal Agencies Assist

The shooting happened about a mile north of the White House, CBS News reported. The FBI’s Washington field office, the ATF, the Secret Service, the U.S. Marshals and the U.S. Park Police responded, and the Secret Service said no protectees were involved, according to CBS News. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the White House had been briefed, CBS News reported in a post on X. Vida Fitness told members its Logan Circle location would be closed until further notice, according to CBS News.

The Justice Department said in a post on X that it offers sympathy to the victims and witnesses and pointed them to resources from the Office for Victims of Crime. The investigation is ongoing, according to Fox News.

Sources

• The Associated Press on X
• CBS News
• Fox News
• Newsweek
• CBS News on X (Mayor Bowser)
• U.S. Department of Justice on X

Compiled from The Associated Press.