Suspect in deadly DC shooting was in legal battle with apartment management

Suspect in deadly DC shooting was in legal battle with apartment management Advertisement Updated: 6:50 PM EST Nov 12, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Rachel Hirschheimer Washington Correspondent Suspect in deadly DC shooting was in legal battle with apartment management Updated: 6:50 PM EST Nov 12, 2026 Editorial Standards ⓘ Rachel Hirschheimer Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON — A shooting at Vida Fitness in Washington, D.C., Thursday morning left four people injured and one dead and prompted a shelter-in-place order as police searched for the suspect. A witness inside the gym said she heard a loud pop. She initially thought someone had dropped a weight but quickly realized it was a gunshot. She said she ran with others to a laundry room, where they barricaded themselves with 30 to 40 people until a SWAT team brought them to safety. Advertisement Another witness, Max Smith, said, "Eventually we hear three or four more shots. From there, we just started sprinting." 1 killed, four injured in D.C. shooting that began at gym; suspect dead D.C. police confirmed that 46-year-old James Stewart, the building manager, was killed inside the gym. The suspect, identified as 55-year-old Matt Lambert, a medical doctor, barricaded himself inside his apartment near the scene. Lambert then shot four other people from his patio balcony, according to police. "At this point in time, we don't know if there is a relationship between those other four victims and the suspect. We do know from the scene that those four suspects were shot by our suspect from his patio balcony area," Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department said. Police said Lambert broke the gas line of his apartment's fireplace, started a fire and then shot himself. Lambert was confirmed dead. Court records showed Lambert had been in an ongoing legal dispute with his apartment building's management over mold and moisture issues in his seventh-floor penthouse. Make WLWT a preferred source on Google Add Preferred Source Share Infinite Scroll Enabled Top Picks Anthony Clark, a comedian and actor who starred on 'Yes, Dear,' dies WATCH: Baby bear captured on Ring camera 'ding-dong ditching' home at 2 a.m. Teen who has autism found alive after missing for nearly a week in the Australian woodlands Microsoft confirms Outlook outage affecting users worldwide