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Gym goers have described the moment a shooting broke out at a fitness centre in Washington DC.

Michael Carney tells the Washington Sun he was on a treadmill at the Vida fitness gym when the shooting started.

He says he heard "one pop" which he assumed was an exercise ball popping before seeing a victim on the floor who had been shot.

"Everyone was kind of just hiding behind planters and stuff," he says, describing how a fire alarm was pulled.

Once outside of the gym, Carney says he heard five or 10 shots that seemed to be coming from a nearby alley.

Another witness tells the Washington Sun that she heard "an enormous, loud thing" from the ladies' locker room and more shots outside the gym after being evacuated.

"I thought something had crashed or fallen," she says. "I didn’t know it was a gunshot until later."

Marcus McNulty
Reporting from Washington DC

I'm at the corner of P Street and 16th Street, near the shooting.

We were staying in a hotel just down the road and we saw lots of ambulances, police cars, and a helicopter above.

We saw the first activity at maybe around 08:30 local time (13:30 GMT).

I just saw something being taken into an ambulance with a person on it.

We've all been moved to a safe place just around the corner. There are police officers all over the place.

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A member of DC City Council has described how a shooting took place "at and outside Vida fitness this morning in Logan Circle".

Brooke Pinto describes how "multiple people" have been shot and tells people to avoid the area.

She adds in a post on X that police are looking for a suspect.

Dozens of emergency vehicles with flashing lights have been seen in the Logan Circle area, near the centre of Washington DC, following reports of an "active shooting".

The location of the shooting is less than a mile north of the White House.

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We've just got off the phone with DC police, who confirm that five people have been shot in the incident.

At the moment, the police "don't know the status" of those who have been shot.

More now from the police in DC:

"The incident has resulted in a barricade situation in the 1500 block of 15th Street, Northwest," the police department says.

"MPD’s Emergency Response Team is on the scene. Please avoid the area as we work to resolve the incident."

Police in Washington DC have warned there is an "active shooting" near the centre of the city, in the area of 15th and P Street, Northwest.

People are advised to avoid the area.

This is a developing story - we'll have more details soon.