A gunman who killed one person and injured four at a Washington gym is dead
A gunman who killed one person and injured four others at VIDA Fitness in Washington’s Logan Circle on Thursday is dead, police said. The shooting prompted a standoff in an apartment above the gym; one of the injured was in critical condition, while the other three had injuries police described as non-life-threatening.
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Interim Metropolitan Police Department Chief Jeffery Carroll said the first call came at 8 a.m. from people inside the gym and responders arrived within 30 seconds. The suspect barricaded himself in a seventh-floor apartment in an adjoining building and fired at responding officers, the Washington Blade reported. Officers found him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Carroll said. The Blade reported that the suspect was a gym member.
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- National Public Radio — DC shooting: Police confirm 1 person killed, 4 injured, gunman dead : NPR
- The Guardian — Police identify suspect and victim in Washington DC gym shooting that also injured four
- advocate.com — Suspect reported dead after deadly D.C. gym shooting
- elpasotimes.com — Washington D.C. deadly shooting in gym leaves 1 dead, 4 injured
- washingtonblade.com — BREAKING NEWS: Multiple people shot at VIDA Fitness in Logan Circle