One killed, four wounded in Washington DC shooting, police say

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU —One person was killed, and four others ‌were shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire inside a gym before barricading himself inside an apartment building in Washington DC on Thursday morning, police said. The suspect holed up inside a ​seventh-floor unit, where police negotiators were able to open a dialogue, Metropolitan Police ​Interim Chief JW Carroll told reporters.

After about an hour, police heard ⁠a gunshot and forced their way into the apartment, where they found the suspect ​with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The suspect's condition was not immediately clear, but NBC and ​Fox News reported he had died, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. Carroll said police believe he lived in the apartment and was a member of the gym where the attack began.

BREAKING: The suspect believed to be behind this morning’s deadly shooting in Washington, D.C., has shot himself after spending more than an hour talking with police negotiators. Officials spent more than an hour talking with the suspect while he barricaded himself inside an… pic.twitter.com/pO5VK6nTGi — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 12, 2026 The shooting began ​just before 8am ET (1300 GMT), and officers arrived within 30 seconds, when they ​discovered an adult male shot.

Police were clearing a nearby apartment building when gunshots rang out on ‌the ⁠seventh floor where the suspect had barricaded himself, Carroll said. Police did not identify either the suspect or the deceased victim. One of the four wounded people is in critical condition, Carroll said. Investigators are working to determine a motive, Carroll said.

Read: America’s gun control problem The shooting drew ​a massive police response, ​with large numbers ⁠of officers in tactical gear flooding the area in the Logan Circle neighbourhood, about 1.6 km northeast of the White House. One ​person who described himself as having witnessed the incident told Reuters ​that he ⁠heard gunshots and saw one man run to another who had apparently been struck by a bullet.

"It's like surreal" Eyewitness to the Washington DC shooting, Anthony Mirones tells @Stone_SkyNews of his harrowing experience. At least five people have been shot, with a suspect reported to be barricaded inside a gym. https://t.co/29pgMMH1kd pic.twitter.com/7CdTGIibSe — Sky News (@SkyNews) November 12, 2026 "Blood was pouring immediately, and he said, 'He's dead,'" the witness said.

"We didn't know if ⁠the gunman ​was still on the premises, so we just ran ​frantically." He said he heard more gunshots after running away from the gym.