1 Dead, 4 Hurt in DC Gym Shooting; Gunman Killed
The Facts
- One person was killed and four others wounded in a shooting near Logan Circle in Washington, D.C., with one victim in critical condition and three with non-life-threatening injuries, interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said Thursday.
- The shooting was reported around 8 a.m. Thursday near 15th and P streets NW. Investigators believe the gunman opened fire outside the Vida Fitness gym about 8:20 a.m. local time, entered the facility and continued shooting, and then retreated into a parking garage.
- Officers forced entry into the gunman's seventh-floor apartment in the same building as the gym after hearing a gunshot and found the suspect, identified as Matt Lambert, dead from a self-inflicted wound. Police earlier said the man had been contained and barricaded by officers.
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The Spin
Republican narrative
Washington already has some of the strictest gun rules in America, and a man consumed by a grievance with his building still opened fire. A years-long dispute, public online complaints and a manifesto show how rage festers when no one steps in. Better crisis care and ways to intervene early are what would stop the next one.
Democratic narrative
A dispute over mold and a condo board belongs in a courtroom, not in a shooting that left one person dead and four wounded. Nothing about a lawsuit marks a man, a doctor no less, as a killer, as a handgun turns ordinary rage into a tragedy. Waiting periods, universal background checks, red flag orders and tighter handgun limits would put time between a grievance and a trigger.
