Doctor kills one, injures five in Washington DC gym shooting

Summarised from 17 outlets · 29 reports · Updated 13 Nov, 19:21 · Archive

A gunman opened fire at a gym in Washington DC's Logan Circle neighbourhood, killing one person and injuring five others before taking his own life.

A 55-year-old doctor opened fire at a gym in Washington DC's Logan Circle neighbourhood on Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring five others before taking his own life. The shooting began just before 8am at a VIDA Fitness gym located in a condominium building.

James Stuart, a 46-year-old manager of the building, was fatally shot inside the gym. According to witnesses, about 50 people were in the gym at the time. One eyewitness described seeing a man fall to the ground with blood pouring out, saying he "died instantly" after being shot in the neck.

After shooting Stuart, the gunman returned to his seventh-floor apartment and fired at people below from his balcony. Four people were shot from the balcony and taken to hospital, all conscious and breathing. A sixth victim, a woman, was found with a non-life-threatening gunshot graze wound that she had self-treated. As of Thursday, one victim was in critical condition.

Police identified the gunman as Matt Lambert, a doctor who had been involved in an ongoing legal dispute with his building's management. According to a building manager, Lambert told her during a phone call around an hour after the shooting began that he was tired of mould and water damage in his apartment.

After firing from his balcony, Lambert barricaded himself inside his apartment. Police said he fired at least twice through the door while officers were outside, but no officers were injured. While barricaded, he broke the gas line connected to his fireplace and started a fire, which the building's sprinkler system contained. Negotiators had been communicating with him over the phone when they heard a gunshot and he stopped responding. Officers forced their way in and found him dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The shooting unfolded in less than five minutes, according to interim police chief Jeffery Carroll. The incident occurred in Logan Circle, about a mile north of the White House. Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser called it a "senseless act of gun violence" and said the White House had been briefed.

How it is being reported

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In this story: Matt Lambert · James Stuart · Washington DC · Logan Circle · Metropolitan Police Department · VIDA Fitness

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