Police find sixth victim in DC gym shooting they link to condo mold dispute
Police name the gunman as Dr. Matt Lambert, 55, who was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted wound after killing his building manager.
A gunman shot and killed James Stuart, the building manager of the Metropole condominium, at a VIDA Fitness gym in Washington's Logan Circle neighborhood on Thursday morning. Police identified the shooter as Dr. Matt Lambert, a doctor who lived in a penthouse above the gym. They say he went back to his apartment and fired at people below.
In a Friday update, the Metropolitan Police Department said a sixth victim, a woman with a "non-life-threatening gunshot graze wound", had been found. That brings the toll to one dead and five wounded. Interim chief Jeffery Carroll said the shootings likely took less than five minutes.
Lambert barricaded himself inside. Negotiators heard a single gunshot, and officers found him dead of an apparent self-inflicted wound. Police recovered a shotgun, a rifle and a handgun from the apartment.
Police believe the attack was linked to Lambert's dispute with the condo association over mold and water damage. He sued the association in 2025, and it and the property manager, EJF Real Estate Services, deny responsibility. An X account tied to him posted "My manifesto is an engineering report" with an engineering document.
His lawyer, Joel Braithwaite, said he saw no sign Lambert would turn to violence and that Lambert spent $300,000 on the dispute.
- one person killed and five woundedtoll after police found a sixth victimAl Jazeera English
- $300,000Lambert's spending on the dispute, per his lawyerThe Independent
- less than five minutesduration of the shootings, per interim chief CarrollAl Jazeera English
- 8:06 a.m.time of the 'manifesto' post on the X accountWashington Examiner
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Liberal5 outlets
The dispute, the warning signs and the aftermath
The Independent's headline points to an "ominous quote" Lambert reportedly gave a neighbor months earlier, that the building manager "comes in the gym about 8 o'clock", as relayed by Washington Sun reporter Michael Brice-Saddler. It also notes Lambert called the legal fight "psychological warfare."
The Guardian leads with building manager Charelle Ferguson, who told the Washington Post that Lambert confessed by phone and said "The only way people will pay attention, you have to do something." It adds that Lambert's lawyer said he was "deeply shocked." Al Jazeera's headline is the sixth victim, with police saying she treated her own wound, and it quotes Carroll on negotiators hearing talk about homeowners associations.
Axios walks through the neighborhood after the shooting: closed streets, nearly a dozen schools locked down, a vigil held by Councilmember Brooke Pinto and notes left at VIDA. It also reports Mayor Bowser pushing back when asked about Trump's role in reducing crime.
- The Independent: DC gym shooter gave ominous quote on mold issues months before he opened fire that left one dead and four hurt
- The Guardian: Condo manager says DC gym shooter confessed in phone call, noting dispute over living conditions
- Al Jazeera English: Sixth victim confirmed in DC condo-related shooting in US, police say
- Axios: Inside the aftermath of the Logan Circle shooting
Center1 outlet
Lambert's Mangione references and who he was
Newsweek's headline is that Lambert invoked Luigi Mangione before the shooting. Its first paragraph says he referenced Mangione online and in a media interview. It quotes an Oct. 1 X post about "Luigi" tactics by the homeowners association and the remark Lambert made to a Washington Sun reporter, "the Luigi three."
It then gives a timeline. Carroll says the gym and condo entrances are "maybe 20 steps away" from each other, and Newsweek reports that officers heard one gunshot during negotiations and that police entered shortly after 11 a.m. Newsweek relays Braithwaite's portrait of Lambert as an emergency room physician "in the business of healing people" who was in "great spirits" and due to start a new job Monday. It quotes the Metropolitan Police statement on a sixth victim and says police know of no relationship between Lambert and the other victims taken to hospital.
Newsweek says it asked the condo association for comment.
Conservative5 outlets
A mold feud and the shooter's online posts
The New York Post's headline says Lambert "vented" about his penthouse for 14 months in an online "manifesto" before a "crazed attack." It traces his X account, Of Mice and Mold, from September 2025, including an April post sending a resident to the gym and a July post about an "uninhabitable penthouse." Townhall calls the motive "bizarre" and reproduces the Washington Post's account of Ferguson's phone call.
It quotes gym owner David von Storch, "It's not random gun violence." The Washington Examiner leads with the victim being known to the gunman and quotes Carroll on the dispute. It adds that the condo association blamed Vida's laundry dryers and filed a third-party complaint against the gym.
The Post Millennial, citing the New York Post, identifies Lambert and quotes Councilmember Pinto saying preliminary information suggested he was targeting a person at Vida Fitness.
- Townhall: What the DC Shooter Said After Killing a Building Manager at a Gym Was Horrifying
- New York Post: DC gym shooter Matt Lambert vented about state of penthouse for 14 months in online manifesto before crazed attack
- Washington Examiner: DC shooting victim was building manager known to suspected gunman, police say
- The Post Millennial: DC shooter identified as 55-year-old doctor Matt Lambert who sued HOA over black mold in apartment
- Conservative outlets did not mentionPolice found a sixth victim, a woman with a graze wound Reported by The Guardian, Al Jazeera English, Newsweek
- Conservative outlets did not mentionLambert referred to Luigi Mangione online and in an interview Reported by The Independent, Newsweek
- Liberal outlets did not mentionThe condo association blamed Vida Fitness and filed a third-party complaint against it Reported by Washington Examiner, Townhall
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Liberal (6)
- Al Jazeera English: Sixth victim confirmed in DC condo-related shooting in US, police say
- Al Jazeera English: Washington residents hold vigil after deadly shooting
- Axios: Inside the aftermath of the Logan Circle shooting
- The Guardian: Condo manager says DC gym shooter confessed in phone call, noting dispute over living conditions
- The Independent: DC gym shooter gave ominous quote on mold issues months before he opened fire that left one dead and four hurt
- Yahoo News: D.C. shooting suspect was suing his condo association. Man killed was the building manager.
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Conservative (7)
- New York Post: DC gym shooter Matt Lambert vented about state of penthouse for 14 months in online manifesto before crazed attack
- New York Post: What we know about the 4 additional victims shot by deranged DC doctor Matt Lambert
- New York Post: DC gunman was doing ‘very well’ before shooting — and planned to start a new job next week, attorney says
- The Blaze: Multiple victims shot in DC; 1 apparently died, witness says; active shooter reportedly barricaded in apartment building (UPDATE)
- The Post Millennial: DC shooter identified as 55-year-old doctor Matt Lambert who sued HOA over black mold in apartment
- Townhall: What the DC Shooter Said After Killing a Building Manager at a Gym Was Horrifying
- Washington Examiner: DC shooting victim was building manager known to suspected gunman, police say
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