Four people have been shot in an upmarket Washington DC neighbourhood within walking distance of the White House, police have confirmed.
Officers are responding to multiple locations, according to the Press Association. The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, about a mile north of the White House.
Police response and cordon
No other details are immediately available, including the exact locations, police officer Nathan Clarke said.
Police urged people to avoid the area of the 1,500 block of 15th Street, which includes a 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.
Lockdowns and federal assistance
Schools near the scene were placed on lockdown, and streets around the area were blocked off during a massive police response.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it sent agents to the scene to help.
Background of federal control
In early August 2025, a onetime member of US President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted early on a Sunday morning in the Logan Circle area by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman, authorities said.
Days later, Mr 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.
