Doctor in Condo Feud Kills Building Manager, Wounds 4 in Washington’s Logan Circle Before Taking His Own Life

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (TodayViralUSA) — A doctor locked in a long-running legal fight with the management of his luxury condominium building shot and killed the building’s manager inside a crowded gym in the capital’s Logan Circle neighborhood on Thursday morning, then wounded four more people from his balcony before taking his own life, police said.

The Metropolitan Police Department identified the gunman as Matt Wade Lambert, 55, a resident of the Metropole, a seven-story condominium at 15th and P streets NW, about a mile from the White House. The man killed was James Stuart, 46, the building’s manager.

Minutes of gunfire

Officers were called to the 1500 block of 15th Street NW at about 7:59 a.m. for multiple reports of an active shooter. Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said Lambert walked into the Vida Fitness gym on the building’s ground floor and shot Stuart with a handgun. Witnesses told local outlets the victim was near the treadmills, and a law enforcement official told NBC News the gunman appeared to have targeted one specific person, leaving others in the gym unharmed.

Lambert then returned to his seventh-floor unit and opened fire from a private balcony, striking two men and two women at street level. According to WUSA9, three of them were members of a construction crew working across the street. As of Thursday afternoon, one victim was in critical condition and three had injuries not considered life-threatening.

Standoff and fire

Lambert barricaded himself inside the apartment and spoke with police negotiators by phone for more than an hour, The Washington Post reported. Carroll said he fired twice through the door at officers, none of whom were hurt, and broke a gas line connected to his fireplace to start a fire that building sprinklers helped contain. Investigators recovered gasoline and other flammable materials, Axios reported.

When tactical officers forced their way in, they found Lambert dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police said a shotgun, a rifle and a handgun found in the unit had all been used in the attack. None was registered in the District.

A dispute over mold

Police believe the shooting grew out of Lambert’s dispute with the condominium association over maintenance problems, including mold and moisture in his unit. Lambert, an emergency medicine physician and longtime health technology executive, filed a lawsuit against the association in March 2025, and court records show the legal battle was ongoing, WUSA9 reported.

A Metropole building manager who reached Lambert by phone shortly after the shooting told The Washington Post that he tied the attack to those frustrations. “The only way people will pay attention, you have to do something,” she recalled him saying.

A neighborhood on edge

The gunfire drew a heavy law enforcement response to one of Washington’s busiest residential corridors. Carroll said the show of force reflected an active-shooter call, not the area’s proximity to the White House; Mayor Muriel Bowser said the White House had been briefed.

The case remains under investigation. Police asked anyone with information to call (202) 727-9099 or text tips to 50411.