At least 1 dead, 4 injured in shooting north of White House

WASHINGTON -- At least one person was killed and four injured in a shooting about one mile (1.6 km) north of the White House early Thursday, US media reported.

Police are on the scene of an "active shooting" in the area of 15th and P Street, Northwest, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), the primary law enforcement agency for the District of Columbia, said Thursday morning on X, urging the public to avoid the area.

A large section of the block and streets nearby are blocked off.

The shooter is barricaded on a high floor of an apartment building above a gym where the shooting took place, NBC4 Washington quoted a federal law enforcement source as saying.