Five Wounded In Active Shooting Near Logan Circle In Washington, D.C.
An active shooting near Logan Circle in Washington, D.C., left at least five people wounded Thursday morning, according to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, which spoke to Fox News Digital.
Authorities said the shooter was no longer considered to be at large. Officers contained the situation, and the suspect was barricaded as law enforcement surrounded the location.
The shooting took place in one of the busiest neighborhoods in the nation’s capital, roughly a mile from the White House, and it quickly drew a massive police response.
“MPD is on the scene of an ACTIVE SHOOTING in the area of 15th and P Street, Northwest. MPD’s Emergency Response Team is on scene,” D.C. police wrote on X. “AVOID THE AREA,” the post continued.
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Shots Fired Outside A Gym
D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto reported on X that the shooting took place outside Vida Fitness, a gym in the neighborhood, and that multiple people had been hit.
“Shootings at and outside Vida fitness this morning in Logan Circle. Multiple people shot. Do not go to this area. Police looking for suspect,” she wrote.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the MPD bomb squad and elements of the National Guard also responded and were assisting authorities at the scene, the ATF’s D.C. branch said on X.
Reports from the scene said the gunman had barricaded himself in an apartment near the crime scene as the number of victims rose to five. Armed officers were seen taking positions on rooftops and balconies around the building above the gym.
Conservative commentator Benny Johnson posted an update on X noting that the scene was less than a mile from the White House. “Insane,” he wrote, as video of the heavy police presence spread across social media.
Officials had not released the names of the victims or the suspect, and the condition of those who were shot was not immediately known.
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A City Under Federal Watch
The shooting comes after President Trump ordered National Guard troops and federal agents to patrol the streets of Washington in the summer of 2025 as part of a crackdown on crime in the city.
In the first full week under federal control, property crimes fell about 19 percent and violent crime dropped 17 percent compared to the week before, according to a CNN analysis of Metropolitan Police Department statistics. Robberies and car break-ins fell by more than 40 percent.
Immigration enforcement also surged. Federal officials arrested about 300 people without legal status in the district in the first days of the operation, more than ten times the typical weekly number of ICE arrests in the city. During the first six months of Trump’s current term, ICE had averaged about 12 arrests per week in Washington, according to the Deportation Data Project at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson pushed back on media efforts to downplay the results. “The priority of this operation remains getting violent criminals off the streets — regardless of immigration status,” Jackson said.
Democratic leaders in the city, including Mayor Muriel Bowser, have criticized the federal takeover. Thursday’s shooting is likely to renew the debate over how safe the capital really is and who should be in charge of keeping it that way.
This is a developing story, and more details are expected as police release information about the suspect and the victims.