Community members hold vigil following mass shooting in DC's Logan Circle

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Nov 13, 2026
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First tonight here at 10, the D.C. community
is in mourning tonight after a mass shooting in Logan Circle.
One person was killed inside a Vita Fitness.
Four others injured before the suspect,
a local doctor, turned the gun on himself.
And tonight we're learning more about the man killed in the attack.
D.C. police have identified the victim as 46-year-old James Stewart,
manager at the condo building where that suspect lived.
Fox 5's Shamari Stone is kicking off our coverage tonight
and joins us live from northwest D.C. with the very latest show.
Tonight, people who live and work near Logan Circle
are still shaken up by this.
Many of them were out here when this happened,
and they are traumatized, to be quite frank.
That's what one woman told me.
Let me move out of the way, and you can see there
is a memorial growing outside of the Vita Fitness Gym.
This is where the horror happened.
As you look into the door right over there,
there's actually a cleaning crew that showed up a short time ago,
and they're actually cleaning inside there.
And you see a group of around half a dozen people,
they have a guitar, they're praying,
they're playing music,
paying tribute to the people at this memorial, as you look there's
also notes that are taped against this structure
with flowers, notes, candles, as a couple
comes here just to stop and read them,
this community mourning over this tragic loss.
Tonight, around 50 people gathered
at Logan Circle to pay tribute to the victims.
D.C. police say the suspected gunman, 55-year-old Dr. Matt Lambert,
first shot and killed 46-year-old James Stewart,
the building's property manager,
around 8 o'clock this morning inside Vita Fitness
in the 1500 block of 15th Street Northwest.
Police say officers arrived here within 30 seconds of the initial call.
Gary Coates was inside the gym when the shots rang out.
All of a sudden, there was a...
Large bang. I've never heard anything this loud in my life.
I knew it was a gunshot. There's no
question about it. You would have known it was a gunshot.
But never heard anything that loud.
And I knew it couldn't have come from the right.
That would be the stretching area.
And I just looked to the left.
And at that particular moment, I saw the gunman.
Investigators say Dr. Lambert
then returned to his seventh floor condo in the building above the
gym firing several rounds from his patio hitting four more people.
Right now one of those victims
is in critical condition
the other three have non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities say
Lambert barricaded himself inside his apartment fired
at responding officers and started a fire
Inside his unit.
Police negotiators tried to communicate with him for more than an hour.
Officers eventually heard a gunshot inside the apartment.
When tactical officers entered,
they say they found Lambert dead
from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police say he had
been involved in a long-standing dispute
with the Condominium Association and James Stewart,
the building's property manager, over alleged mold,
moisture, and water damage inside his apartment.
Ward Two Council Member Brooke Pinto spoke about the dispute
and how the community is now grieving together at tonight's vigil.
We have neighbors who've opened up their homes
to residents from the Metropole who have been displaced.
We have businesses who have been giving away free items.
We have had really everybody come together
because this is terrible for the victims.
It's terrible for everybody who is in Metropole.
It's terrible for everyone who lives in Metropole.
And this entire community.
And you can see this entire community coming together right now.
This gentleman has on a hooded sweatshirt that reads,
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your path.
That is from Proverbs.
So you can see these folks here are praying,
paying tribute to the people here.
Now, just to let you know, police say that they recovered three guns
from inside of the suspect's unit here at this building.
It is shut off right now to the residents.
Many of them are now living with family, friends.
And as Brooke Pinto explained to you,
some folks around this neighborhood have opened their homes
for some of the people who live in this building
who were part of this tragedy that are dealing with it,
opened their own homes so they can come
and sleep with them in a nice room
because it's just so cold out here
and it's just a really tough time for the community.
I'm Shamari Stone. Back to you.
