Logan Circle gunman shot 4 from balcony, started fire, police say
A gunman killed one person inside a Logan Circle gym and shot four others from his apartment balcony Thursday morning, before setting a fire and fatally shooting himself, police say.
- People stand behind police tape in Logan Circle early Thursday.
- The fire: Lambert broke a gas line connected to his fireplace and started a fire inside the apartment, Carroll said.
- Asked whether the show of force was due to the shooting's proximity to the White House, roughly a mile away, Carroll said it was because police were responding to an active shooter.
The shooter: Police say Lambert shot Stuart inside the gym with a handgun before returning to his apartment in the same building, where he fired at four people below from an upper-level private balcony.
Carroll identified the suspect as 55-year-old Matt Wade Lambert, who lived in the apartment building connected to VIDA Fitness, where police say he fatally shot one person.
- Marshal officers move position at the scene of the Logan Circle shooting.
- Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images What we don't know: Police have not determined whether Lambert knew the four surviving victims or deliberately targeted them.
- Police believe the shooting was linked to an ongoing dispute between Lambert and his condominium association over maintenance issues, including mold.
- What we know: Police responded to a shooting inside VIDA Fitness, at 15th and P streets NW, just before 8am.
- Police negotiators heard a gunshot while speaking with Lambert by phone, after which he stopped responding.
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