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MapGunman Kills One, Injures Four in Washington DC Logan Circle Shooting
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One killed and four injured in Logan Circle gym shooting; shooter died by self-inflicted gunshot. Suspect identified as Matthew Lambert, a doctor who lived above the Logan Circle Vida Fitness.
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Logan Circle shooting toll
A gunman shot five people in and around a Vida Fitness gym in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood on Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring four others before barricading himself inside a nearby apartment building. Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said police negotiated with the suspect on the phone and then found that he had shot himself after officers entered the room. Police said the shooting occurred near Logan Circle at the intersection of 15th Street NW and P Street, and they placed schools near the scene on lockdown while issuing a shelter-in-place order.
Jeffery Carroll said police received a call for the shooting just before 8 a.m. and that officers responded within 30 seconds, with the person killed shot in the gym and other victims found in multiple locations including a construction crew across the street and a person in the lobby or alley outside the gym. The Guardian later described police as having identified the suspect as a “white male” who had been “contained,” and it said police confirmed the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene after shooting himself.
Identity, motive, and quotes
CBS News reported that multiple law enforcement sources identified the shooter as Matthew Lambert, a doctor who lived in an apartment unit above Logan Circle's Vida Fitness, and it said Carroll described a conflict with the building's homeowners association.
The Washington Post said two officials identified the gunman as Matt Lambert and described police as saying he had long-running disputes with his condo building's management and had filed a lawsuit accusing it of wrongdoing.
Charles Webb told CNN that police opened his door “with guns drawn” and ordered him to leave immediately, and he said officers told him to go down the stairwell with his hands raised.
Jeffery Carroll told reporters that police had “an idea who he is” and “believe there was some sort of a conflict with the apartment building,” while KOMO said neighbors identified Lambert as the gunman but police had not confirmed that information.
NPR reported that Jeffery W. Carroll said the shooter had shot himself and that police later confirmed the gunman died, while it also quoted Tinbete Ermyas describing a “very loud bang” that made people realize it was a shooting.
Federal response and next steps
Federal and local agencies cordoned off the area and responded to the incident, with the FBI and the Secret Service working to apprehend the suspected gunman and the Secret Service and U.S. Marshals also responding to the scene.
Al Jazeera said local and federal law enforcement, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Secret Service, cordoned off the area and worked to apprehend the suspected gunman, and it said schools were placed on lockdown while police issued a shelter-in-place order.
The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime set up a website for victims of the shooting, and CNN quoted the site saying, “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,”.
NBC News reported that attorney Joel Braithwaite would hold a news conference at 5 p.m. and that his remarks would “offer his personal perspective on the physician he came to know” while “not speculat[ing] about the circumstances or motives surrounding the incident.”
Police said the White House was briefed on the shooting but had not commented, and the Guardian said the justice department website included links to Washington DC’s Crime Victims’ Compensation Program and resources for victim service providers, law enforcement, first responders, and community and faith leaders.