Suspect in Washington, D.C., gym shooting was doctor in legal feud with condo board

A doctor who was locked in a lengthy legal dispute with his condominium association after alleging his penthouse suffered mold and water damage costing him hundreds of thousands of dollars is suspected of opening fire Thursday morning at a Washington, D.C., gym.

One person was killed and multiple others were injured as the rampage unfolded in the trendy Logan Circle neighborhood, just a mile from the White House, drawing a rapid law enforcement presence. The suspect, Dr. Matt Lambert, was found inside his condo at the Metropole, a seven-story luxury building, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.

The gunfire erupted just after 8 a.m. at the VIDA fitness center, located on the street level at the Metropole. A man on a treadmill said that when he heard the first bang he thought it was a popped exercise ball.

Another witness told NBC News that he also heard a loud noise and saw a person in a chair fall with “blood coming from his head.”

A fire alarm went off and panicked patrons raced for the exit; several fled to a nearby bagel shop to shelter in place.

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Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/business