Tenant kills building manager and wounds four in Washington
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on IOL
Matt Lambert, 55, killed James Stuart, the manager of his building, then wounded four people in Washington before killing himself. One victim is in critical condition after shots were fired from the suspect’s apartment, according to Washington police cited by AFP.
Matt Lambert, 55, was identified by police as the shooter who killed the manager of his building, James Stuart, 46, and wounded four people on Thursday in Washington. Jeffery Carroll, acting chief of Washington police, said Lambert was involved in a dispute over the maintenance of the condominium building where he owned an apartment.
Lambert, an emergency physician, fatally shot James Stuart in the building’s gym before barricading himself in his seventh-floor apartment, according to Jeffery Carroll. He then fired from his balcony at people below. One of the four wounded was in critical condition, while the other three did not have life-threatening injuries.
Police said Lambert fired at least twice at officers through the door of his apartment before setting it on fire and killing himself. He had launched legal proceedings against the condominium owners' association, arguing that the building’s maintenance was inadequate. The Washington Post reported that workers at a nearby construction site were among the wounded.
The shooting took place in the Logan Circle neighbourhood, about 1.6 kilometres north of the White House. It follows a shooting at a gym in Washington reported on 12 November and the publication of the report on the suspect who kills himself after a shooting near the White House.
