DC shooting witness recounts moment victim collapsed inside gym

12 Nov 2026 • 11:15 PM MYT
The Independent
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DC shooting witness recounts moment victim collapsed inside gym

  • Police in Washington, D.C. are searching for a gunman after at least five people were shot about a mile from the White House on Thursday morning.
  • The shooting suspect is barricaded inside a building after shootings at multiple locations in DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood.
  • James Spellman said he and about 50 other people were inside a nearby gym a little 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," he said. "One gym member rushed to help him. He was instantly dead. He had been shot in the neck.”
  • Spellman said a crowd ran out of the gym, and he heard five or six additional shots being fired.

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