Multiple People Shot in Northwest D.C.; Police Order Residents to Shelter in Place

Multiple people were shot on Thursday morning in northwest Washington, D.C., in an incident police responded to as an active shooting, according to The Guardian.

Metropolitan Police Department officers responded at about 8:20 a.m. Eastern Time to reports of an active shooting in the area of 15th and P Street Northwest. The department's Emergency Response Team was at the scene.

Council member Brooke Pinto said the shooting occurred at and outside Vida Fitness, a gym in the Logan Circle neighborhood. A manager at the business said shots were fired outside it. A witness inside the gym said they heard one gunshot and saw one person down inside, followed by more shots.

At 9:21 a.m., police said the incident had become a barricade situation, a police term for a standoff, in the 1500 block of 15th Street Northwest. The department issued a shelter-in-place order for the immediate vicinity, asking people to go into the nearest building, stay away from windows and remain indoors until further notice.

As of 9 a.m., the Vida Fitness business was under lockdown with police inside the building. Several schools in the area were on lockdown Thursday morning.