Local law enforcement and National Guard respond to reports of a shooting on 12 November 2026, in Washington DC.

Local council member says police are looking for suspect, while reports say shooting occurred at or outside of a gym Washington DC shooting latest updates Multiple people have been shot in north-west Washington DC on Thursday morning, local police have confirmed, prompting a “barricade situation” in the area.

A spokesperson for the Washington DC police department told the Guardian in a brief phone call on Thursday morning that the scene was “still active”.

At least one of those shot on Thursday morning has died, according to reports from the Associated Press and NBC News.

The DC police department said in a social media post at about 8.20am ET that officers were on the scene responding to an “active shooting in the area of 15th and P Street, Northwest”.

The department’s emergency response team was also at the scene.

The department urged the public to avoid the area.

In a separate statement at 9.21am ET, the DC police said that the incident has “resulted in a barricade situation in the 1500 block of 15th Street, Northwest”.

“Please avoid the area as we work to resolve the incident,” they added.

In various video footage shared online, the building where the barricade is appears to be on fire.

The Metropolitan police department has also issued a shelter-in-place order for those in the immediate vicinity of the 1500 block of 15th Street NW.

They have urged residents to “go inside to the nearest building, stay away from windows and remain indoors until further notice”.

Local council member Brooke Pinto also posted on social media on Thursday morning that there had been a shooting “at and outside Vida fitness this morning in Logan Circle”.

“Do not go to this area,” Pinto said.

“Police looking for suspect.” In an email to members seen by the Guardian, VIDA Fitness said that the Logan Circle club is “currently closed as is the surrounding area”.

“Please do not travel to the Logan Circle area at this time,” the statement added.

“We will update you and send out a more detailed messaged once we have more information.” A reporter for the Washington Sun said that they spoke with a witness who was in the gym and “heard one gunshot and saw one person down in the gym itself, followed by more shots”.

The person told the reporter that the gym “cleared out” and that people were running from the scene with their “arms raised” as police yelled to clear out.

A witness, James Spellman, told the Associated Press that he was at the gym a little after 8am when he heard shots being fired.

“Within seconds there was a man who fell to the ground, and a pool of blood came out,” Spellman said.

“One gym member rushed to help him.

He was instantly dead.

He had been shot in the neck.” Spellman said he and others ran out of the gym, and then they heard more gunfire in the area of 15th Street.

He told the outlet that he heard about two shots fired in the gym and about five or six fired outside.

Oscar Vasquez, a manager at the nearby Call Your Mother deli, told NBC that he heard fire alarms in the building go off, and that one to two minutes after, everyone in the deli went outside, and they heard the shooting.

“We heard really loud, aggressive gunshots.

Not like pistols or anything,” Vasquez said.

“We saw people running in.” Live broadcasts from the area show heavy police presence, dozens of police vehicles, and helicopters overhead.

A VIDA Fitness manager told ABC7News that shots were fired outside the business.

The local news station reported that as of 9am local time on Thursday morning, the business was still under lockdown and there is police inside the building.

The manager said that they feel safe with police inside, and that the gym will be closed the rest of the day.

Several schools in the area are on lockdown on Thursday morning.

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