At least five injured in Washington, DC, shooting near Logan Circle

The shooting occurred on Thursday near Logan Circle, at the intersection of 15th Street NW and P Street, police said at 8:23am local time (13:28 GMT). Police said in an update that the attacker had barricaded himself in the area. Schools near the scene were placed on lockdown.

Police issued a shelter-in-place order as law enforcement descended on the block. Reporting from the scene, Al Jazeera’s John Holman described a “river of police cars” and both local and federal law enforcement donning tactical gear. The attack comes as the administration of US President Donald Trump has made crime in the US capital a key issue during his second term.

That has included deploying the US National Guard across the city, a move Trump took after a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) official said he was assaulted in the early morning of August 2025. The US president declared a crime emergency, which also included federalising control of the federal district’s local police force.