Summary

It is nearly 6pm ET in Washington DC where a shooting this morning left 4 people injured and one person dead. Here is a wrap-up of the day’s key events and details:

  • Police have identified the deceased victim as 46-year old James Stuart of northwest Washington DC. Police have also identified the suspect as 55-year old Matt Wade Lambert of northwest Washington DC, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

  • 2 men and 2 women were injured in the shooting. One of the victims is in critical condition while the others have non-life-threatening injuries.

  • Police said that the victim killed inside of the gym was the building manager for that location. They added that they believe the shooting was related to the suspect’s grievances with the building’s management over maintenance issues.

  • The suspect broke the gas line inside his apartment fireplace, police said, adding: “We know he started a fire.” “There were fire flames that were visible on the outside of the apartment building. We also know that there was gasoline and potential other flammable materials that were inside of his apartment,” police said.

  • Three firearms were located inside the suspect’s apartment. Those were a shotgun, a rifle and a handgun – all of which were used by the suspect.

  • VIDA Fitness, the gym at which the shooting unfolded, remains closed until further notice and access to the facility remains restricted. “We are devastated by the tragic loss of life at our Logan Circle location earlier today,” the gym owners said.

  • The justice department has set up a website for victims impacted by the shooting. The website includes resources for victim service providers, law enforcement, first responders, and community and faith leaders responding to the shooting.

A vigil is expected to be held at some point for the victims impacted by this morning’s shooting, NBC Washington reports.

Meanwhile, an investigation remains underway into the suspect’s exact motives.

Joel Braithwaite, an attorney who previously represented in a civil matter the suspect involved in Thursday’s shooting, just held a press conference.

Braithwaite spoke of the suspect’s litigation with his apartment building’s management and said he was “at a loss for how things took any sort of turn that would have us here today.”

VIDA Fitness has issued a statement following this morning’s shooting, which it called “frightening and deeply unsettling.”

“We are devastated by the tragic loss of life at our Logan Circle location earlier today. Our deepest sympathies are with the family, friends, and loved ones of the individual who lost their life. Our thoughts are also with our members, employees, and everyone who was affected by this tragedy,” the gym owners said.

They added that although there is no longer an active threat, the gym’s Logan Circle location remains closed until further notice and access to the facility remains restricted.

“We do not yet know when members and employees will be able to retrieve personal belongings left inside the club. We will communicate that information as soon as it becomes available,” they continued.

Police also released details on those who were injured, including 2 men and 2 women.

One of the victims is in critical condition while the others have non-life-threatening injuries.

Police did not identify the individuals who were injured.

Suspect broke gas line in his apartment, police say

The suspect broke the gas line inside his apartment fireplace, police said, adding: “We know he started a fire.”

“There were fire flames that were visible on the outside of the apartment building. We also know that there was gasoline and potential other flammable materials that were inside of his apartment,” police said.

They added that they do suspect that there was “probably some level of accelerant” used.

Describing the inside of the suspect’s apartment, police said: “The sheetrock was actually ripped off the walls and…large portions of it…was down to the studs. So it was the studs, and then it was the actual backside of the exterior of the building inside of there.”

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“We do know inside the gym, he used a handgun. We do believe, based on the evidence on the scene this time, that he used the rifle from the patio balcony to shoot the other four individuals, and the shotgun was also used at the end of of the incident,” police said.

Police added that they have preliminary information that the suspect may have discharged the shotgun before he went into the VIDA gym.

Police found a shotgun, a rifle and a handgun in suspect's apartment

Police added that they found three firearms located inside the apartment where the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The weapons included a shotgun, a rifle and a handgun, police said.

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Police said that the victim killed inside of the gym was the building manager for that location.

“We do know that there has been an ongoing dispute between the suspect in this case and the building condo homeowners association management regarding maintenance issues, mold, and the like that there was a civil case that he filed against them. So we believe it’s related to that,” police said.

Police identify victim who was killed and shooting suspect

The press conference is underway and police have identified the deceased victim as 46-year old James Stuart of northwest Washington DC.

Police have also identified the suspect as 55-year old Matt Wade Lambert of northwest Washington DC.

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The Metropolitan police department is due to hold a press conference shortly on this morning’s shooting.

Stay tuned as we bring you the latest updates.

Washington DC shooting - what we know and don't know at a glance

Four people were injured and one person died after a shooting in Northwest Washington DC on Thursday morning. As police are due to hold another update shortly, here’s what we know – and don’t know - at a glance:

  • Police received reports of a shooting inside a gym just before 8am ET. Officers were dispatched to the area and were on the scene within 30 seconds, according to police.

  • One person was killed in the shooting, with four others injured. One person was in critical condition while the other three people’s injuries were said to be non-life threatening.

  • Authorities identified the suspect as a “white male” who had been “contained”. Police later confirmed that the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene after shooting himself.

  • Officials said that they believe that the suspect was in some sort of “conflict between him and the homeowners association of that building”. The gunman was a member of the gym affected, which has been identified as VIDA Fitness. Police said that they know that at least at “one point in time” the shooter had a handgun.

  • The White House was briefed on the shooting but has not yet commented on the incident.

  • A shelter in place order has since been lifted.

Washington DC police to hold press conference

Washington DC’s Metropolitan police department has said officials will hold another media update on the shooting at 3.45pm ET.

We will bring you the latest updates from that press conference as we get them.

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An attorney who previously represented in a civil matter an individual believed to be involved in Thursday morning’s shooting will hold a press conference at 5pm ET.

A news release said attorney Joel Braithwaite will “offer his personal perspective on the physician he came to know, express condolences to the victims and their families, and address the profound shock surrounding today’s events.”

“The remarks will acknowledge the gravity of the violence while
emphasizing compassion for everyone affected. Braithwaite will not speculate about the circumstances or motives surrounding the incident,” it added.

Officials have not confirmed any names for the suspect involved in the shooting that left 4 people injured and 1 person dead in northwest Washington DC.

The justice department has set up a website for victims impacted by this morning’s shooting.

Set up by the DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime, the website said: “OVC offers our sympathy for the victims and witnesses impacted by the shooting in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. on November 12, 2026.”

The website includes resources for victim service providers, law enforcement, first responders, and community and faith leaders responding to the shooting.

In addition to various hotlines, the website includes links to Washington DC’s Crime Victims’ Compensation Program which “may help offset a victim’s financial burden related to funeral, mental health, medical, and other expenses.”

Washington DC’s mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George has released a statement on this morning’s shooting, saying:

“The shooting in Logan Circle this morning is horrifying. A life was lost in this unthinkable tragedy and I’m sending my sincere condolences to all the victims, their families, and DC residents living through this fear. I’m grateful to the MPD officers and first responders who ran toward danger to protect others. MPD is still asking the public to avoid the area. Police have also confirmed the lone suspect is no longer a threat.”

Here are some photos coming through the news wires on this morning’s shooting in northwest Washington DC that left four people injured and one person dead:

A neighbor of the suspected shooter told CBS that he had not interacted with him “all that much” but said he knew the suspect was “very disgruntled with the building’s management.”

Jonathan Csapo said that the suspect believed the building’s management was not taking “sufficient action” about a water problem in their building, adding that the suspect had posted his grievances on X.

“He invited everybody to his unit to see the damage,” Csapo told the outlet, adding: “He wanted people to know what was happening. He wanted more attention, and he was getting increasingly frustrated that that people weren’t listening to him.”

Speaking to NBC Washington, Ward 2 council member and local resident Brooke Pinto said that preliminary information appears to reveal that the shooter was targeting someone in the gym “that he had been in active litigation with over a condo issue.”

“It’s just so sad and so senseless to kill someone over a dispute that should be worked out reasonably,” Pinto said, adding that the shooting “doesn’t appear to be as targeted as the initial shooting inside of VIDA [Fitness],” she added.

Pinto further said that the building has some damage because the suspect had allegedly set parts of it on fire.

Large numbers of police in tactical gear arrived in downtown Washington DC where an active shooter incident “resulted in a barricade situation in the 1500 block of 15th Street, Northwest”, the DC police said.

Four people are injured and one is dead, with the suspect also being pronounced deceased at the scene.

Suspect pronounced dead on the scene, police confirm

In an update from police, the suspect is confirmed to have been pronounced dead on the scene.

The shelter-in-place has also been lifted.

Per the social media update, “Traffic update: 14th Street, NW, in both directions is open. MPD is still asking the public to avoid the area while the investigation continues.”

Updated

A witness to the deadly shooting at the DC gym this morning tells the Guardian he walked toward a loud bang and found a man lying dead on the floor, with blood nearby, before being evacuated past the body and hearing about five more gunshots outside.

Anthony Mirones, 23, had gone to Vida Fitness after a run and about five minutes after arriving, he went to the cardio area and got on a treadmill. At around 8am, he heard the first bang.

“Everyone’s confused. I’m confused,” Mirones said. “Did the painting fall? Did something even worse fall?”

He went toward the noise and saw someone on the ground. A person standing closer to the body looked back and told him the man was dead.

“So I come a little closer and I see body on floor, some blood,” Mirones said. “I’m thinking about the loud bangs. I’m like, gunshot.”

He says a woman tried to give first aid but stopped almost immediately. Mirones believed the wound was to the upper body, near the neck.

A gym employee came over, saw what had happened, and then the fire alarm went off, and everyone began to evacuate.

“Everyone evacuates, so we all evacuate eventually,” Mirones said. “The thing is, people who are in the cardio area kind of have to step over the body to exit.”

Outside, at the entrance, police officers rushed in. “One police officer unholsters his gun, and then another police officer is asking for a description of the assailant,” Mirones said. “While this guy is describing the assailant, we hear five or so gunshots, and then we just all scatter and run.”

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Police say scene is safe, but people should still avoid the area

In an update shared on social media, DC police have said:

The barricade has concluded. The scene is safe. Significant traffic closures remain in place. MPD is still asking the public to avoid the area.

In another update on the thread, residents impacted by the shooting are told to check in at the Stead Park Recreation Center (1625 P St NW).

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Suspect has died, according to multiple reports

According to multiple reports, the suspect has died.

The death was confirmed to the Associated Press by a law enforcement official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation into what happened and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

CNN, NBC News and BBC News hear the same, citing law enforcement sources.

These are from my colleague Joseph Gedeon ahead of the news conference a short while ago.

Gym closed until further notice after shooting

Vida Fitness has posted a story on Instagram informing members that its Logan Circle location is closed “until further notice” following the shooting.

“The safety and well-being of our members, guests, and team are our highest priorities. We ask that you avoid traveling to the Logan Circle location and surrounding area until further notice. If you are currently in the vicinity, please follow all instructions from local law enforcement,” the post said.

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White House has been briefed, DC mayor says

DC mayor Muriel Bowser told the news conference that this was “a senseless act of gun violence”, and that “this lone gunman has been contained”. She also confirmed the White House had been briefed.

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The suspect had a handgun “at one point in time”, but police “don’t know if there’s other weapons that are involved”, Carroll said. The suspect was also a member of the gym.

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Officers said they believe the suspect barricaded himself into his own apartment and that he shot at officers more than once.

“He did fire through the door at officers at least on two occasions while he was barricaded inside,” Carroll said.

The exact timeline and locations are still to be determined, but the first shooting was reported inside the gym; the exact motivation is still is also yet to be determined.

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Police believe suspect had 'conflict' related to apartment building

Police said they believe they “have an idea” who the suspect is and that he had “some sort of conflict with the apartment building”.

“We do know there was a conflict between him and the homeowners association of that building, but at this point we’re continuing to look into that,” Carroll said.

Carroll said that the suspect had barricaded himself in a unit on the seventh floor of the building, which they believe was his own.

Negotiators made contact with the suspect and had been talking to him for an hour over the phone, Carroll said. Officers later heard a gunshot and the suspect stopped communicating with them; they forced entry, and found the suspect suffering from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Emergency services have since been rendered, and his status has not been confirmed, Carroll added.

Police are looking into everything and Carroll emphasized that they are “very early in the investigation”.

He added that they believe there was a fire at some point inside the building, and that it has been put out and contained.

Updated

Suspect has gunshot wound and is 'contained', police say

Police discovered the suspect, a white male, with a gunshot wound in a nearby apartment building from where the initial shooting occurred, Carroll said. The suspect is “contained”, he added.

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One person killed in shooting, police confirm

Police in Washington DC have confirmed one person has been killed in this morning’s shooting and four injured.

“At this time, we have located a total of four individuals that were shot here on the scene, and one individual who is deceased,” Jeffery W Carroll, the interim chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, told a news conference.

Of the four surviving, one is in critical condition and the others do not have life-threatening injuries, he said.

He also said emergency services got a call just before 8am to report a shooting, and were on the scene “within 30 seconds”.

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Further to that, NBC News reports that the suspect is barricaded in an apartment building above the gym on 15th Street, citing a federal law enforcement official.

The incident is shifting from an active shooter response to a barricaded subject response, a federal law enforcement official has told NBC News.

It is believed there is no other individual there at scene so this is not considered a hostage situation, they said, adding that it has been about 90 minutes since the suspect fired at law enforcement, which did not strike anyone.

District of Columbia Public Schools has put multiple schools in the vicinity of the shooting on alert status, meaning no one can go in or out of the campuses, but activities inside remain normal.

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A post on social media reported that a nearby building appeared to be on fire. The Guardian has not been able to independently verify this claim.

James Spellman was at the gym a little after 8am when he heard shots being fired. He said there were about 50 people in the gym at the time, reported AP.

“Within seconds there was a man who fell to the ground, and a pool of blood came out,” he said. “One gym member rushed to help him. He was instantly dead. He had been shot in the neck.”

Spellman told AP that he and other gym members ran out of the gym, and he said he heard more gunfire in the area of 15th Street. He said he heard about two shots fired in the gym and about five or six fired outside.

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Witness Ryan Dubicki was in his nearby apartment around 8 am when, he said, he “heard about five bangs.”

“They were really spread out so I thought it was construction,” he said. It was only a short time later that he looked out “and there were cops everywhere.”

His apartment building managers sent a notice that there was a possible active shooter, reported AP.

Gun violence charity March for Our Lives wrote about the incident online, saying:

Just after 8AM, a gunman opened fire at the VIDA Fitness in Logan Circle, right here in Washington, DC. At least five people were shot, the surrounding blocks were locked down, and nearby schools were put on alert. People who walked in for a morning workout found themselves running for their lives and sheltering from gunfire.

What should have been an ordinary Thursday morning became a scene none of our neighbors should ever have to carry. This is why we do this work. Gun violence doesn’t just happen somewhere else. Today it happened down the street, and we will not accept it as normal.

The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, about 1 mile north of the White House.

Police urged people to avoid the area of the 1500 block of 15th Street, which includes a VIDA fitness center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and residences and is around the corner from a Whole Foods supermarket, the AP reports.

Much of the block was cordoned off. Schools near the scene were placed on lockdown.

Multiple people shot after incident in Washington DC, say police

Multiple people have been shot in north-west Washington DC on Thursday morning, local police have confirmed, prompting a “barricade situation” in the area.

In a statement at 9.21am ET, the DC police said that the incident has “resulted in a barricade situation in the 1500 block of 15th Street, Northwest”.

“Please avoid the area as we work to resolve the incident,” they added.

A Vida Fitness manager told ABC7News that shots were fired outside the business. The local news station reported that as of 9am local time on Thursday morning, the business was still under lockdown and there is police inside the building.

The manager said that they feel safe with police inside, and that the gym will be closed the rest of the day.

Several schools in the area are on lockdown on Thursday morning.

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Armed police and members of the National Guard were visible around the Logan Circle area of Washington DC after the incident began on Thursday morning.

Police issue shelter-in-place order after at least five people shot in Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington DC

At least five people have been shot in Northwest Washington DC on Thursday morning, local police confirmed to the Associated Press.

A spokesperson for the Washington DC police department told the Guardian in a brief phone call on Thursday morning that the scene was “still active”. No further details were immediately available.

The DC police department said in a social media post at about 8.20am ET that officers were on the scene responding to an “active shooting in the area of 15th and P Street, Northwest”. The department’s emergency response team was also at the scene. The department urged the public to avoid the area.

The Metropolitan police department has also issued a shelter-in-place order for those in the immediate vicinity of the 1500 block of 15th Street NW. They have urged residents to “go inside to the nearest building, stay away from windows and remain indoors until further notice”.

Local council member Brooke Pinto also posted on social media on Thursday morning that there had been a shooting “at and outside Vida fitness this morning in Logan Circle”.

“Do not go to this area,” Pinto said. “Police looking for suspect.”

A reporter for the Washington Sun said that they spoke with a witness who was in the gym and “heard one gunshot and saw one person down in the gym itself, followed by more shots”.

The person told the reporter that the gym “cleared out” and that people were running from the scene with their “arms raised” as police yelled to clear out.