Sixth victim confirmed in Washington DC shooting that killed building manager
Summary
- Police say 55-year-old doctor Matt Wade Lambert shot six people in Logan Circle, Washington DC, on 12 November 2026, killing building manager James Stuart.
- Lambert shot Stuart in the building's VIDA Fitness gym, fired from his seventh-floor balcony, barricaded himself, and was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- Police link the attack to Lambert's long-running lawsuit against his condo association over mold and water damage at the Metropole building.
- Victim Susan Hamerski, seriously wounded while walking her dog, is stable but unable to speak; a sixth victim with a graze wound was confirmed a day later.
- Residents were barred from their homes after the shooting, and a vigil and neighborhood support efforts followed.
Reactions
- Mayor Muriel Bowser called the shooting a senseless act of gun violence and said the White House had been briefed.
- Mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George called the shooting horrifying and offered condolences to the victims and their families.
- Council member Brooke Pinto called the shooting an awful, unacceptable, and outrageous situation.
- Lambert's civil attorney Joel Braithwaite said he was deeply shocked and that there was no justification for violence.
- Building manager Charelle Ferguson said Lambert confessed to her by phone, telling her 'The only way people will pay attention, you have to do something.'
- VIDA Fitness owners David von Storch and Aaron Moore said they were devastated, and the Logan Circle gym closed until further notice.
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Family friend Tina Wilcox says Susan Hamerski, shot while walking her dog in Logan Circle, suffered serious wounds and is stable but unable to speak.
Police confirmed a sixth victim, a woman who self-treated a non-life-threatening graze wound, bringing the toll to one killed and five wounded.
Court records show Matt Wade Lambert sued his condo association in 2025 over water damage, mold, and moisture; the association denied negligence and litigation was ongoing.
An X account linked to Matt Lambert, @OfMiceandMold, complained of the Metropole's disrepair, invoked Luigi Mangione, and posted about a lawsuit seeking more than $290,000 in damages.
Mayor Muriel Bowser said she briefed the White House on the Logan Circle shooting, and the FBI said its Washington field office was assisting local police.
Police said a handgun found in Matt Lambert's apartment was used to shoot all five initial victims, and 13 schools placed on alert returned to normal operations by 11:15 a.m.
FBI Deputy Director Chris Raia said the suspect was not on the FBI's radar before the shooting, and the FBI supported the police investigation.
Witness James Spellman said about 50 people were in the VIDA Fitness gym when the shooting began, with roughly two shots fired inside and five or six outside.
An X account appearing to belong to Matt Lambert posted a manifesto on the morning of the shooting reading 'My manifesto is an engineering report.'
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- Woman seriously injured in Logan Circle shooting was walking dog, friend says
After deadly shooting, D.C. neighbors contend with grief and displacement
Sixth victim confirmed in DC condo-related shooting in US, police sayPolice confirmed a sixth victim in a shooting that began at a VIDA Fitness gym in Washington, DC's Logan Circle on 12 November 2026, leaving building manager James Stuart dead and five wounded. Police say the suspect, 55-year-old doctor Matt Wade Lambert, targeted Stuart in a dispute over condo maintenance, then barricaded in his apartment, fired at officers, and was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Court records show Lambert had spent over $300,000 suing over mould and water problems in his penthouse since 2024.
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The New York Times reports that multiple people were shot near 15th and P Street in Northwest Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood, with their number and condition not immediately known. Authorities said a suspected shooter was barricaded in a building, and council member Brooke Pinto said the gunfire was outside VIDA, a gym there.
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A Newsweek report says one man, James Stuart, was killed and four others wounded when emergency doctor Matt Lambert opened fire at VIDA Fitness in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle on November 12, 2026, before barricading in his apartment and dying of a self-inflicted gunshot during police negotiations. Police tie the attack to Lambert's litigation with his condo association over mold and leaks but cite no definitive motive, and witnesses describe the gunfire inside the crowded gym.
Multiple victims in shooting in D.C.’s Logan Circle
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5 people are shot in a trendy DC neighborhood, including 1 killed at a gym, and suspect shoots self
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D.C. police said at least five people were shot outside a gym near Logan Circle on the morning of 12 November 2026, describing a heavy-set white male suspect, possibly in a gray shirt, who was barricaded by 9:15 a.m. Vida Fitness remained under lockdown with police inside, nearby streets and schools were closed or on alert, and a manager said the business would shut for the rest of the day.
Doctor Behind Mass Shooting in D.C., Police SayMedPage Today reports that police named emergency physician Matt Lambert as the gunman in a mass shooting around 8 a.m. on 12 November 2026 in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle, saying he fatally shot a man at a gym, left another critically injured, shot others, then barricaded himself and killed himself. Police cited a dispute with his building's homeowners association, and an X account apparently tied to Lambert posted a manifesto that morning stating, "My manifesto is an engineering report."
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