Police in Washington, DC, have confirmed a sixth victim in the shooting at a Logan Circle condo building that killed one man and wounded five others on Thursday. The DC condo shooting began just before 8 a.m. local time at a VIDA Fitness gym in the neighborhood, about a mile north of the White House.
In an updated statement, the Metropolitan Police Department said investigators had found a sixth victim in the DC condo shooting, a woman, after officers first located five other victims. She was conscious and breathing with a “non-life-threatening gunshot graze wound.” Police said the victim had treated the wound herself.
James Stuart, the 46-year-old manager of the building in which the suspect lived, died at the scene. Police believe the suspect, a 55-year-old doctor named Matt Wade Lambert, targeted Stuart while Stuart was doing his morning workout at the gym.
DC condo shooting: sixth victim found
The sixth victim was found on Thursday night, hours after the gunfire stopped, according to FOX 5 DC. Police have not detailed the circumstances in which she was shot. The confirmed toll in the DC condo shooting is now six people shot: Stuart and five wounded, three women and two men.
One of the wounded in the DC condo shooting remained in hospital in critical but stable condition on Friday, while three others were briefly hospitalized for minor injuries. The sixth victim was treated on site and released, interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said at a news conference on Friday.
Police first told the public on Thursday that five people had been shot. The count rose to six on Friday after the woman was found. The shootings unfolded in less than five minutes, Carroll said. The attack began at the gym on the ground floor of the building and moved to the suspect’s apartment on the seventh floor.
What police say happened in Logan Circle
Police said Lambert shot Stuart inside the gym at the start of the DC condo shooting, then went back to his apartment and fired on people below from his patio, using a high-powered rifle. He then barricaded himself inside the apartment, fired at officers and set a fire before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Inside the apartment, police found a shotgun, a rifle and a handgun, all of which had been used in the shooting. Police said there were signs the gunman had planned the attack and had waited nearly an hour for Stuart inside the gym.
The building sits on the 1500 block of 15th Street NW in Logan Circle, where the DC condo shooting took place, a residential neighborhood of row houses, shops and restaurants. The VIDA Fitness gym sits on the ground floor of the multi-story building, with condos above it. Officers evacuated the building as the shooting unfolded, and residents waited outside while police worked the scene.
The shooting brought a large police response to Logan Circle. Photos from the scene showed people standing outside the apartment building as law enforcement responded, with police tape cordoning off the area around the building.
DC condo shooting linked to maintenance dispute
Police believe the attack was linked to a dispute over maintenance issues in the condo building. According to court records cited by the Associated Press, Lambert had filed a lawsuit alleging that he had not been able to enjoy his penthouse since 2024 because of mold, moisture and water problems that began after work had been done on the building’s exterior.
The dispute had been running for more than two years. Lambert’s lawsuit said the mold, moisture and water problems began after work on the building’s exterior, and he said he had not been able to enjoy his penthouse since 2024.
Lambert lived in the penthouse above the gym. The Metropolitan Police Department said its investigation into the DC condo shooting continues, with a focus on the origins of the maintenance conflict and any additional evidence recovered from the apartment.
The investigation continues
Police have not said whether anyone else faces charges in connection with the DC condo shooting. The department said it would release more information as the investigation develops, and asked anyone with information about the shooting to contact police.