BREAKING: Suspect at large after 1 person killed, 4 people injured in shooting at DC gym
The shooting took place in DC's Logan Circle neighborhood.
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The shooting took place in DC's Logan Circle neighborhood.
One person is dead and at least four people were injured in a Thursday morning shooting in Washington, DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood, with the shooter reportedly barricading himself in an apartment.
A person familiar with the matter told NBC News that the gunman entered the Vida Fitness location on 15th Street NW, shot a gym member in the back, and then ran out of the building. They said that additional shots were fired out on the street.
Max Smith, who lives above the gym, told local news that he had left his apartment initially because fire alarms in his building went off and he thought there was a fire drill. “Then, we hear more shots go off and everyone starts sprinting," he said.
He said he heard three for four gunshots, and he and around 10 others barricaded themselves in the bathroom of a nearby bagel shop. l shop. "I'm very shaken up, you don't expect it."
A federal law enforcement official told NBC News the suspect is barricaded in an apartment above the gym. Authorities said that they know the suspect.
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