Gunman kills one at Washington, D.C. gym, wounds four, then dies by suicide
The shooting happened at a VIDA Fitness in the Logan Circle neighborhood, about a mile north of the White House.
One person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a gym in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood. The gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Jeff Carroll, the interim police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
The first call for help came in at 8 a.m. from people inside the VIDA Fitness gym. Officers said they arrived within 30 seconds and found one adult man who had been shot. The gunman then left the gym and barricaded himself in a seventh-floor apartment in a building next to it. Police spent about an hour trying to get the gunman to surrender. Carroll said officers heard a gunshot while they were talking with him, entered the apartment and found he had died.
Carroll said it is unclear whether the gunman and the victims knew each other, and more investigation is needed.
Key points
- One person was killed and four were injured at a D.C. gym.
- The gunman died from a self-inflicted gunshot after a standoff of about an hour.
- Police say the relationship between the gunman and victims is still unclear.
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