Suspect shoots himself after killing 1 and wounding 4 in US capital

Five people were shot early Thursday in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighbourhood within walking distance of the White House, said police, who were responding to multiple locations.

The shooter had not been caught, and the locations of the shootings were unclear, police department spokesperson Nicole Deaner said.

The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, about a mile (1.6km) north of the White House. No other details are immediately available, including the exact location of the shooting, police Officer Nathan Clarke said.

Police urged people to avoid the area of the 1500 block of 15th Street, which includes a VIDA fitness centre, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and residences and is around the corner from a Whole Foods supermarket. Much of the block was cordoned off. Schools near the scene were placed on lockdown.

Streets around the area also were blocked off during a massive police response to the scene. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it sent agents to the scene to help.

In early August 2025, a one-time member of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted early on a Sunday morning in the Logan Circle neighbourhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman, authorities said.

Days later, Trump fulfilled his threat to bypass local authority and imposed direct federal control over the city, sending in hundreds of National Guard members to reduce crime. That deployment continues today.