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A visitor walks between the gravestones decorated with small American flags placed by scouts at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in the Evergreen Washelli Cemetery on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Hunter Bigham, left, checks his phone for messages from people being targeted by scammers using his images, part of his morning routine, as his husband, Johnny, continues to sleep, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, at their home in Tupelo, Miss. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A tugboat pulls away as they prepare to open the valves to sink the S.S. United States in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, to create the world's largest artificial reef Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Chinese sailors leave after a commemorative meeting held to mark the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen, founding father of the Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Baboons sit on a street in Simon's Town near Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
Russian artist Alexey Sergienko unveils his new painting named 'Shenzhen, 26' depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping dedicated to their upcoming meeting in Shenzhen during the painting presentation in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Youth activists wearing blond wigs shout slogans to denounce the upcoming visit of U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally outside Trump Tower in Makati City, Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
The faithful pray in Plaza de Armas as they await Pope Leo XIV's arrival at the archbishop's residence in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Activist Greta Thunberg attends a news conference at the COP31 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Antalya, Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Protesters use a metal fence to try to force their way into an Apple Store during clashes following a nationwide general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
First responders rescue a person after a building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Members of the FDNY work at the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
People attend an election event for Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)
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Hunter Bigham, left, checks his phone for messages from people being targeted by scammers using his images, part of his morning routine, as his husband, Johnny, continues to sleep, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, at their home in Tupelo, Miss. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A visitor walks between the gravestones decorated with small American flags placed by scouts at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery in the Evergreen Washelli Cemetery on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Hunter Bigham, left, checks his phone for messages from people being targeted by scammers using his images, part of his morning routine, as his husband, Johnny, continues to sleep, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026, at their home in Tupelo, Miss. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A tugboat pulls away as they prepare to open the valves to sink the S.S. United States in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida, to create the world's largest artificial reef Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Chinese sailors leave after a commemorative meeting held to mark the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen, founding father of the Republic of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Baboons sit on a street in Simon's Town near Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
Russian artist Alexey Sergienko unveils his new painting named 'Shenzhen, 26' depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping dedicated to their upcoming meeting in Shenzhen during the painting presentation in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Youth activists wearing blond wigs shout slogans to denounce the upcoming visit of U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally outside Trump Tower in Makati City, Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
People inspect damage to Nasser Hospital after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike overnight in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
The faithful pray in Plaza de Armas as they await Pope Leo XIV's arrival at the archbishop's residence in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Activist Greta Thunberg attends a news conference at the COP31 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, in Antalya, Turkey. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Protesters use a metal fence to try to force their way into an Apple Store during clashes following a nationwide general strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
First responders rescue a person after a building collapsed in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
Members of the FDNY work at the site of a building that collapsed the previous day in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
People attend an election event for Mississippi Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five people were shot early Thursday in a trendy Washington, D.C., 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.
Streets around the area also were blocked off during a massive police response. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it sent agents to the scene to help. And the FBI said its Washington field office was helping local police with the investigation.
Witness Ryan Dubicki was in his nearby apartment around 8 a.m. when, he said, he “heard about five bangs.”
"They were really spread out so I thought it was construction,” he said. It was only a short time later that he looked out “and there were cops everywhere.”
His apartment building managers sent a notice that there was a possible active shooter.
The neighborhood has seen violence before. In early August 2025, a onetime member of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted early on a Sunday morning in the Logan Circle neighborhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman, authorities said.
Days later, 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. That deployment continues today.
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Local law enforcement and National Guard, are seen responding to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)