Multiple victims shot in DC; 1 apparently died, witness says; active shooter reportedly barricaded in apartment building

Five people were shot early Thursday in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood — which is about a mile north of the White House — and police are responding to multiple locations in regard to an active shooter situation, WTTG-TV reported.

The Associated Press, citing a witness, said at least one of the victims was shot at a gym and has apparently died.

‘He was instantly dead. He had been shot in the neck.’

James Spellman told the AP he was at the gym just after 8 a.m. when he heard gunfire: “Within seconds there was a man who fell to the ground, and a pool of blood came out. One gym member rushed to help him. He was instantly dead. He had been shot in the neck.”

Spellman