Metropolitan Police said Thursday five people were shot in the District’s Logan Circle neighborhood by a gunman who has barricaded himself inside the upper levels of an apartment building.
Authorities said the shooting erupted in the 1500 block of 15th Street Northwest around 8 a.m.
The gunman is reportedly still taking aim at officers amid his standoff with local police and federal agents.
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Police did not share the victims’ conditions, nor did they share a description of the suspect.
Officials have not said where the shooting took place on the block, which includes a Whole Foods Market, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, apartments and other businesses.
D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto, the Ward 2 Democrat who represents the neighborhood, said on social media that the gunfire came “at and outside Vida Fitness,” an upscale gym in the area.
Federal authorities with the FBI, ATF and Homeland Security, the National Guard and Metro Transit Police swarmed the scene following the shooting.
Several streets have been blocked off by authorities as the investigation continues.
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