Washington shooting: sixth victim confirmed, suspect dead
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Al Jazeera
Washington police confirmed that a sixth person was shot and wounded during Thursday’s shooting at a gym in the Logan Circle neighbourhood, bringing the toll to one dead and five wounded. The suspect, a 55-year-old doctor, died by suicide after barricading himself in and setting fire to his flat, according to metropolitan police.
Washington police confirmed on Thursday that a sixth person had been shot and wounded during the shooting at a gym in the Logan Circle neighbourhood. She was conscious and breathing, had suffered a minor graze wound from a bullet and treated her own injury, according to the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington.
Two women and two men were also taken to hospital, all conscious and breathing, while James Stuart, the manager of the building where the suspect lived, was killed at the scene. Police believe that doctor Matt Wade Lambert, 55, targeted Stuart while he was doing his morning workout before returning to his seventh-floor flat and shooting at people below, according to acting police chief Jeffery Carroll.
The shooting, which began shortly before 08:00 local time, is believed to have lasted less than five minutes. Lambert then barricaded himself in his flat, where he spoke with negotiators by telephone and fired at least twice through the door while police were outside. He also broke the gas pipe connected to his fireplace and started a fire, which was contained by the building’s sprinkler system, according to police.
The investigation is focusing in particular on a dispute between Lambert and the building management. “Most of the conversation was about the homeowners’ association and its difficulties,” Jeffery Carroll said. The announcement came after the shooting at a gym in Washington reported on 12 November and after the suspect’s death in the shooting announced the same day. It also follows the case of the manager killed and four people wounded in Washington, published on 13 November.
