Four people shot in a Washington neighborhood near the White House

Four people were shot early Thursday in a trendy neighborhood of Washington, DC, within walking distance of the White House, according to police, who responded to multiple locations.

The shootings occurred in Logan Circle, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) north of the White House. No further details, including the exact location of the shooting, were available at this time, police officer Nathan Clarke said.

D.C. City Council member Brooke Pinto said the shooting occurred inside and outside a gym and that "several people" had been hit by gunfire. He added that police were looking for a suspect.

Police urged people to avoid the area of ​​the 1500 block of 15th Street, where a VIDA gym, St. Luke's Episcopal Church and several homes are located, and which is around the corner from a Whole Foods supermarket. Much of the block was cordoned off.

Surrounding streets were also closed to traffic during extensive police deployment at the scene. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) indicated that it sent agents to the scene to assist.

In early August 2025, a former member of President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency was attacked early on a Sunday in the Logan Circle neighborhood by a group of teenagers who were trying to steal his and a woman's car, according to authorities.

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