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Doctor named as DC gym shooting suspect confessed, detailing dispute over living conditions, police say

Doctor named as DC gym shooting suspect confessed, detailing dispute over living conditions, police say

Gunman killed one person and injured at least four others in and around condo building not far from the White House

More details were emerging on Friday about the previous morning’s shooting in north-west Washington DC, as a manager at the shooter’s residential building shared how he was angry over living conditions there and confessed to the killings.

The gunman killed one person and injured at least four others on Thursday in and around the condominium building in the Logan Circle neighborhood of the capital, not far from the White House, where he lived.

Police identified the gunman as 55-year-old Matt Lambert, a doctor who had been involved in an ongoing legal dispute with his building’s management. The person killed was identified as James Stuart, 46, a manager at the condominium complex.

According to police, Lambert fatally shot Stuart inside a gym in his building just before 8am ET, before returning to his apartment, where he fired at four people from his balcony. Those victims were taken to hospital, and as of Thursday, one was in critical condition. Lambert then barricaded himself inside his unit, and was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Charelle Ferguson, another building manager, recalled speaking with Lambert by phone at around 9am that morning, about an hour after the shooting began, she said in…

In brief

Gunman killed one person and injured at least four others in and around condo building not far from the White House More details were emerging on Friday about the previous morning’s shooting in north-west Washington DC, as a manager at the shooter’s residential building shared how he was angry over living conditions there and confessed to the killings.

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