Five people were shot on Thursday (November 12, 2026) in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighbourhood within walking distance of the White House, police said, and the suspected gunman shot himself as a swarm of officers responded to a nearby apartment building.
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One victim died in the shooting, said Jeffrey Carroll, interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department.
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Carroll said the suspect shot himself while barricaded inside an apartment.
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He added that the man apparently had a dispute with the building’s homeowners association.
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The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, about a mile north of the White House.
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Much of the block on 15th Street was cordoned off as police urged people to avoid the area, which includes a VIDA fitness centre, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, residences and a Whole Foods supermarket.
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Law enforcement SWAT teams and other officers had their guns drawn on the roof of an apartment building or on the ground below.
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Authorities believe the suspect shot at least one person inside the gym before going outside and firing again, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorised to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
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Law enforcement agents believe the suspect shot another person in a parking garage elevator and then barricaded himself on the seventh floor of the building, the official said.
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Witness James Spellman, who was at the gym, said there were about 50 people there around 8 am when the shooting began.
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“Within seconds there was a man who fell to the ground, and a pool of blood came out,” he said.
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“One gym member rushed to help him.
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He had been shot in the neck.”
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Spellman said he and others dashed out of the gym.
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He said he heard about two shots fired in the gym and about five or six fired outside.
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Another witness, Ryan Dubicki, said he was in his nearby apartment around the same time when he “heard about five bangs”.
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“They were really spread out so I thought it was construction,” he said.
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The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it sent agents to the scene to help.
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And the FBI said its Washington field office was helping local police with the investigation.
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The neighbourhood has seen violence before.
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In early August 2025, a onetime member of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted early on a Sunday morning (November 8, 2026) in the Logan Circle neighbourhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman, authorities said.
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Days later, Mr. Trump fulfilled his threat to bypass local authority and imposed direct federal control over the city, sending in hundreds of National Guard members to reduce crime.
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That deployment continues today.
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