Deadly D.C. Gym Shooting: One Dead, Four Injured in Targeted HOA Dispute

The Isaiah Factor Uncensored starts now. Here's the latest out of Washington, D.C. Police now say the gunman who opened fire at Vita Fitness in Logan Circle this morning is 55-year-old Dr. Matt Wade Lambert. He's accused of shooting and killing 46-year-old James Stewart, the manager of his apartment building, inside the gym, then going up to his seventh-floor apartment and shooting four more people from the balcony. One of them is still in critical condition. Police say Lambert had been in a long fight with the building ...over mold and water leaks in his penthouse, and he took his own life after barricading himself inside. The gym is closed until further notice. And welcome to The Factor Uncensored. We are live now with our guests, and we're talking about this mass shooting in Washington, D.C. We have Jay Sutaria of STF. Jim here in Houston and Cody McCubbin, of course, we know he is a usual here on The Factor. We bring him in when we talk about these mass shootings, the Sandy Hook shooting. You were on the school board there. Your thoughts about this shooting in Washington, D.C.? It seems to have been targeted. This guy was going after the building manager. But your thoughts in general about this mass shooting once again we're seeing in America? Okay. These just tend to be fairly common. I mean, this guy probably had a screw loose. I mean, I guarantee you this guy, I mean, from my understanding, this guy was an emergency room doctor. So it's not like he was some nobody. I mean, not somebody who was just random off the street. So he was well educated, obviously had his act together. But he probably was, and I'm just being very suspicious here. But or But he probably had some serious anger issues. I mean, look, I get mad at my HOA too, but not to this extent. Right, right, exactly. And so when we see this, you said another. So is it becoming routine? Is it becoming mundane here in America? You could probably say that. I mean, look, we've always had our situations with gun violence episodes in this country. This is nothing new. I think it gets, especially after Sandy Hook, I think it got a lot more sensationalized. I mean, Sandy Hook for its own reasons, obviously. But, you know, you can go back all the way to, you know, the 1950s and this happened. I think with the advent of the Internet and easy access to information, which normally would have been a localized issue, now kind of becomes a national. Because the information gets out so much quickly. And it disseminates the entire nation as opposed to be localized maybe in a city or a state. And Jay, you are the owner of a gym here in Houston, private gym, no peasants allowed. But when we talk about the security of gyms, in most gyms, you can just walk in. The most they'll ask you for is your ID. In some instances, you can get a complimentary ID and get into that gym. Are you concerned as a gym owner that this would take place or at least start? In a gym where he targeted one of the victims. Yeah, I mean, look, I'm concerned as a father of two when I send my kids out to school every day. You hear about this shooting happening in a gym and it does hit close to home because I own two of them in the area. And as isolated as this may be. It could still happen, you know, he's not this guy, you know, to Cody's point, if he had a screw loose or not, he wouldn't be the only person in the world that has a screw loose. It could happen here in Houston, it could happen at the facility in Sugar Land. So it's always a concern when something like this happens. And you honestly cross your fingers, you pray and you hope for the best, right, that it's not going to be your facility. Now, do you see this as a one off or will gyms across America be paying close attention to this after this incident? This situation to me is a one off. That's how I view it because there was the data we have now, right? And this just happened this morning. But the data we have now is that this was an isolated targeted incident. You know, he had an issue with somebody in particular and he took, you know, matters into his own hands is what it seems like. For that reason, I think it was an isolated incident. I'm not saying that. It's rare, but rare doesn't mean that never happens. And you have what I would consider what a private gym though, right? Yeah. And so just anyone can walk in. They're checking people to make sure you're a member, you have an appointment. Tell us a little bit about that. I mean, our facility is like, it's a box, right? And so when somebody opens the door, they come into the facility because they have an appointment, number one. Right, and because it's a box, number two, we have eyes on everybody, and we're on a first name basis with everybody. You would know a stranger when- We would know a stranger. We still assume the best when a stranger does maybe accidentally open the door, maybe they're there for the barbershop next door, and they open the wrong door. You assume the best out of people, but yeah, I mean, this is something that just could happen. And Cody, are we concerned in this country or should we be concerned when this becomes so routine no one pays attention anymore? Are we there yet? I mean, I don't know what the answer is. I mean, I've said this many times being on this show and we've had these discussions. We have to start bringing back mental facilities in this country. Because people talk about gun control and guns. There are more guns than people in this country. If you took away 1,000 guns a day, it would take you 1,300 years to get rid of them all. And that's assuming you would not create any more new ones. I mean, I think it's just a matter of math and unfortunately, this is just the society we live in where guns are relatively available and they will be probably until I'm dead and gone and probably the rest of us here too. It's just it's a reality we have to deal with. Why can't we look at both? Guns and in beefing up mental health care in this country. I think it's just again, it's the gun issue is it's just a matter. It's about math, right? It's there. So we care enough though as a country that math problem we would tackle. If again, you would have to remove the Second Amendment and good luck with that. Yeah, exactly. Good. I mean, that's that would require two thirds vote and ratification among all the states. And I don't see that happening. All right, and really quick, last 20 seconds we have here. Are guns allowed in your gym, or is that something you- We're an open carry state, we go with the laws of the state. That's right, we're in Texas. I forgot, guns everywhere. Who's got a gun in this studio? In the studio? I'm joking, I'm joking. No guns allowed at the door. Absolutely. All right, thank you guys for joining us here on The Factor.