‘Multiple people’ shot at fitness center in Washington: council member

WASHINGTON: Police were responding to a shooting in downtown Washington, about a mile from the White House, on Thursday as a local official said “multiple people” were shot at a fitness center.

The Washington police department said on X that its emergency response team was on the scene of the “active shooting” in the Logan Circle area of the nation’s capital.

Brooke Pinto, a member of the DC City Council, said the shooting occurred at and outside a fitness center and “multiple people” had been shot.

She said police were looking for a suspect.

Residents were urged to avoid the area of the shooting, which occurred during the busy morning rush hour and sparked a massive police response.