Multiple people shot near D.C.'s Logan Circle as police search for gunman

Multiple people have been shot in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House and the gunman is barricaded in an apartment building near Logan Circle, police said.

It is not yet clear how many people have been injured, but police confirmed multiple victims were struck in the area of 15th and P Streets NW. Two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident told NBC News at least three people have been injured in a shooting at a gym.

NBC News reports a gunman came into Vida Fitness and shot a gym member in the back and then ran out of the building, according to a person familiar with the matter. The gym was then evacuated and shots were fired on the street before people scattered, according to the person.

The suspected shooter is barricaded on a high floor of a residential building in the area, a federal law enforcement source confirmed to NBC Washington. It is not yet clear who the shooter is. 

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.

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.

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.