Blue State Blues: 5 Shot, 1 Fatally at D.C. Gym; Suspect Kills Self
12th November 2026
Five people were shot, one fatally, on Thursday in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House, police said, and the suspected gunman later shot and killed himself as a swarm of officers responded to a nearby apartment building where he was barricaded.
One victim died in the initial shooting, said Jeffery Carroll, interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department.
Carroll said the suspect then shot himself while barricaded inside an apartment. He added that the man apparently had a dispute with the building’s homeowners association.
I can understand that. Everything I have read or heard about homeowners’ associations resembles tales from the old Soviet Union.