ID of Shooters Target Has Been Shared by

RedState has been protecting the tragic taking pictures event in Washington, D.C., since Thursday morning when the story broke. My colleague Jennifer Oliver O’Connell wrote that the shooter, later confirmed to be 55-year-old Dr. Matt Lambert, started taking pictures in the capital’s Logan Circle space, injuring 5 people.

O’Connell wrote

According to other experiences, the shooter barricaded himself in an condominium advanced, and police are at present negotiating with him to get him to give up. There was also a fire set close to this condominium where the alleged shooter is barricaded, but it’s unclear whether or not this was set by the shooter or another person.

And in an update, RedState shared that sadly, one man misplaced his life. Officials said he was shot and killed inside a local fitness center. 

Meanwhile, three others had been injured, one in essential condition. The assailant, who engaged law enforcement officers in a firefight, was later discovered useless by his own hand in his condominium. 

Then we wrote about new data that developed on the story, with the motive changing into clearer in the intervening hours. As my colleague Teri Christoph said, it was just about insane.

Christoph wrote:

The gunman has been recognized by a number of media retailers as Dr. Matt Lambert, who reportedly lived in a $1.1 million apartment above the VIDA Fitness fitness center where the lethal taking pictures happened.

Investigators are now reportedly trying into whether or not a long-running dispute between Lambert and his householders affiliation (HOA) over black mildew may have led to the violence.

She added that Lambert had beforehand filed go well with against the HOA in 2025, over allegations that restore work in his building had “resulted in water damage and black mold inside of his apartment, leaving the unit uninhabitable.” 

Now, there’s new data on the victims – including the id of the person who perished.

Two males and two girls had been wounded during the taking pictures, which happened across a number of places. One of the wounded victims stays in essential condition.

A fifth sufferer, recognized as building supervisor James Stewart, 46, of Northwest D.C., was shot inside the fitness center and pronounced useless at the scene.

We also know the timeline of occasions, including a harmful motion Lambert reportedly took during the shootout with police, which may clarify the report of a fire, according to the Fox News report linked above:

Police said Lambert opened fire with a handgun inside the fitness center, fatally placing Stewart, the building supervisor.

After leaving the fitness center, officers said Lambert traveled up to his two-story seventh-floor condominium in the same building. From a non-public elevated patio overlooking fifteenth Street, Church Street and a rear alley, he used a rifle to fire down at avenue degree, placing 4 pedestrians.

Carroll said that during a subsequent standoff with MPD hostage negotiators, Lambert deliberately severed a natural gasoline line to a hearth, had gasoline and other flammable liquids on hand, and sparked a fire with flames seen from the building’s exterior. 

This is a developing story, and might be up to date as warranted.