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Police identify emergency physician as suspect in Washington shooting

Becker's Hospital Review reported that the shooting killed one person and wounded four others.

Reported by 2 outlets Friday, November 13, 2026

Police identified Matt Lambert, 55, an emergency medicine physician and longtime health technology executive, as the suspect in a Washington, D.C., shooting on Nov. 12, Becker's Hospital Review reported. The outlet said one person was killed and four others were wounded. MedPage Today reported that NBC News named Lambert as the gunman, citing law enforcement officials.

According to MedPage Today, police said Lambert fatally shot a man at a gym and shot others before barricading himself in an apartment, where he died by suicide. The report said the shootings occurred around 8 a.m. in the Logan Circle neighborhood and that police believed Lambert also shot a person in a parking garage elevator. Police had earlier said the suspect apparently had a dispute with the building's homeowners association, MedPage Today reported.

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