Public safety incident

At least five people people have been shot, with four injured and one dead, after a shooting near Logan Circle in Washington D.C. The active shooter is barricaded in an apartment building, D.C., police said.The suspected shooter is not in custody, police said. It is not yet clear who the shooter is. The shooter is barricaded on a high floor of the apartment building above the gym where the shooting took place, a federal law enforcement source confirmed to News4.Police confirmed multiple victims were struck in the area of 15th and P streets NW, though it is not clear whether they were shot in the building or outside it.The four people who were injured have been taken to hospitals in varying conditions. The identity of the person who died is not yet known.The area is a busy block that includes a Whole Foods, restaurants, apartments and a Vida Fitness gym.D.C. Councilmember Brooke Pinto shared a statement on social media confirming that the shooting took place "at and outside" the Vida Fitness gym, and asking people to stay away from the area. MPD has not yet confirmed the location.A witness in the gym at the time of the shooting told News4 that she heard gunshots while on the treadmill. When she heard the gunshots, she and others in the gym ran out of the building and took shelter in the nearby Call Your Mother deli.
Oscar Vasquez, a manager at that Call Your Mother location, said he heard the fire alarms in the building go off. One to two minutes after everyone in the deli went outside, they heard the shooting."We heard really loud, aggressive gunshots. Not like pistols or anything," Vasquez said. "We saw people running in.Police are asking the public to avoid the area at this time.MPD has issued a shelter-in-place order for the 1500 block of 15th Street NW.Schools in the area are on alert status, a DCPS spokesperson told News4. That means nobody can enter or exit, but normal activities are continuing inside the building. The following schools are on alert status and are communicating with parents via text:
Garnet-Patterson Academy
Thompson Elementary
Ross Elementary
Cardozo Education Campus
Brent Elementary
Marie Reed Elementary
John Lewis Elementary
Benjamin Banneker High
Garrison Elementary
A massive police response could be seen from a block away at 15th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NW. Dozens of police cars and emergency response vehicles are in the area. Officers in tactical gear could also be seen arriving to the area.The FBI, ATF Washington, D.C. Fire, Metro Transit Police, special police, Homeland Security and the National Guard are among the responding agencies on the scene. Multiple medical ambulance buses could be seen arriving about 8:45 a.m.Metro Transit Police said that they are increasing police presence at multiple stations across the area, including at Dupont Circle and Farragut West.