Five people were shot early Thursday in a trendy Washington DC neighborhood within walking distance of the White House, said police, who were responding to multiple locations. At least one of those shot was at a gym and died in a pool of blood, a witness said.
A shooting suspect was barricaded in the vicinity of the initial shooting, the DC Metropolitan Police Department said. Law enforcement SWAT teams could be seen responding to a high floor of a nearby apartment building.
The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, about 1 mile north of the White House. Police urged people to avoid the area of the 1500 block of 15th Street, which includes a VIDA fitness center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and residences and is around the corner from a Whole Foods supermarket.
Much of the block was cordoned off. Schools near the scene were placed on lockdown.
James Spellman was at the gym a little after 8 a.m. when he heard shots being fired. He said there were about 50 people in the gym at the time.
“Within seconds there was a man who fell to the ground, and a pool of blood came out," he said. "One gym member rushed to help him. He was instantly dead. He had been shot in the neck.”
Spellman said he and other gym members ran out of the gym, and he said he heard more gunfire in the area of 15th Street. He said he heard about two shots fired in the gym and about five or six fired outside.
(Source: AP)
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