Shooting in Washington's Logan Circle kills 1, wounds 4; suspect dead
This is wild: My @washingtonsun.com colleague spent time talking with Logan Circle shooter Matt Lambert last year for a story on his fight with his condo board over conditions in his million-dollar penthouse. He revisits what Lambert told him then. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/dc/log...
Martin Austermuhle112"I go through every emotion every day on this. … Do I keep fighting? Do I not fight? And ‘The Art of War’ talks about, you know, the battle’s won before it’s ever fought. It says if you’re going to commit, don’t half commit, fully commit," Lambert said.
Rob Pollard60They broke this man. It's why having access to guns is bad, except in rare circumstances. Once you reach a certain point of anger, and a gun is available, a bad situation becomes truly tragic & life-ending.
HOA Eagle34A detail that may help the follow-ups: DC's Condominium Act requires no mediation and has no ombudsman for owner disputes. Court filings show the first mediation in this case was set for March 2027, more than two years after he says the mold appeared.
Midwest Mayonnaise Salad29Probably the wrong takeaway but it strikes me that had the Washington Post sucked slightly less and finished the reporting this might have been prevented. Imagine how that felt after nowhere else to turn, getting a reporter and the poof.
OutJustInTime27So many people here have issues with their condos, with most being old buildings that have been rehabbed. The difference between here and the US? Guns.
Terrible Swift Sword Enjoyer27Dealing with a condo board/HOA is one of the few things I can see driving me to complete insanity
Anil Dash148This is awful on so many levels, but one what jumps out is that, if the @washingtonpost.com hadn’t gutted local coverage and laid off good reporters like Austermuhle, there’s a real chance the DC mass shooter wouldn’t have reached the desperate state that he did. Gutting journalism has consequences.
Katelyn Burns96this is the most chilling kicker i have ever read
Vibecession Forever60Gee, it's almost like the internet euphoria surrounding Luigi Mangione was incredibly toxic, deeply concerning and wielded by many in a manner that was extremely irresponsible. Do not give any space for violence or jokes about violence. Yes, people might think you're lame, but that's a small price.
Justin Baragona55This really is a remarkable story -- showing the early stages of this guy's all-consuming battle with a condo board that eventually led to tragic violence.
Leah McElrath23There is an account on X that seems to have belonged to Matt Lambert on which he documented problems with his residence. The handle is “Of @miceandmold.” It features photos of walls that appear to be covered in black mold, which is a neurotoxin.
Martin Austermuhle19Joel Braithwaite, Lambert's attorney in the condo board litigation, just spoke about today's shootings: "I can tell you how surprised I am because the person that I knew as a client... was an emergency room physician, someone that was in the business of healing people."
Nate Rathjen15not that it ever justifies violence, but wow of all of the evil HOA stories that have ever existed, this one may be truly the evil-est
Susipsych Just trying to stay sane-ish5"I continued reporting the story into the new year, but the article was abandoned when I was laid off from the Post in early 2026."
Mike B4omg the shooting was about mold this is always why I'm super nice to clients who are clearly having a very bad day when I'm at their homes
°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ3Who could ever imagine they’re speaking to a future murderer, It turns out these quotes from last year describing his mood as “radioactive” and “increasingly aggressive“ and the favorable remarks about Luigi Mangione were all red flags
This is absolutely insane reporting and writing from @washingtonsun.com's Michael Brice-Saddler.
Thomas Edwards16“Lambert reached out to me in late 2025…about how his million-dollar Logan Circle penthouse had been rendered unlivable. I continued reporting the story into the new year, but the article was abandoned when I was laid off from the Post in early 2026.”
BuccoBruce768Feel like the reporter is suggesting if he wasn’t laid off by WaPo and could continue his reporting, maybe this mass shooting could’ve been avoided. Thanks Bezos! We all need to get the fuck off Amazon forever.
BIGAD7Horrific. The building’s insurance should have simply paid for the repairs.
LoveNow1Thanks for the tip! OMG, what if Brice-Saddler hadn’t been laid off by the Wash Post? And that ending!
Jack Walsh15“What are they called? Delay, deny, defend … the Luigi three?” Lambert said." You know, I sometimes felt like a bit of a stick in the mud for suggesting that there was a *slight* moral hazard to lionizing a guy for socially punitive first-degree murder, so I feel somewhat vindicated here.
Kelcie Moseley-Morris5"In November 2024, Lambert said, he paid $12,000 out of his own pocket to strip his apartment down to the metal studs and subflooring, uncovering floor-to-ceiling black mold. When the building’s engineers blamed the moisture on Lambert’s own appliances,
Philip N Cohen4If WaPo hadn't laid off this reporter and the story had run... who knows
Carey2Everything about this makes me feel sad
In a series of interviews late last year, Matt Lambert obsessed about his condo’s problems — and the man he killed. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/dc/log...
anamcara17.bsky.social4This is a Greek tragedy. 😭
Indighost / Lavender spectre2My condo also has constant leaks and mold in hallways and a property manager who constantly denies everything and blames residents....
Chris Geidner287Extensive reporting on the dispute that appears to have preceded today’s shooting.
Zack Ford17You can't help but wonder if the shooting wouldn't have happened if the reporter could have finished and published his investigation instead of getting laid off by the Post.
Kathryn Brightbill ✒️13One of the takeaways from this should probably be that Luigi jokes aren't always jokes, and should be treated as potential threats of violence.
Genie Lauren9this is the best reporting on the shooting and it's not close
Malaclypse the Fetus4This guy is me, except he is like 15 or 20 years older than I am and he failed to realize as I did 20 years ago, the times I tried to take a stand about the principle or "right" position, I just fucked my own self. He had the means and opportunity to get out and wait for the courts to make him whole
Anna Megill2This was the reason for the text bsky.app/profile/wash...
Jjinandtonic2Damn what a kicker, what a lede
✨ Sparkle Monica ✨2I figured this was targeted and domestic. I didn't clock quite how domestic. Ts&Ps for everyone who, like me, knew immediately where this was.
Michael Brice-Saddler, a prize-winning reporter for the @washingtonpost.com, talked repeatedly with today's shooter for a story -- but then got laid off before he could write it. Now at the @washingtonsun.com, he tells the story he couldn't before. www.washingtonsun.com/metro/dc/log...
⭐︎ Kay Hanley ⭐︎4This story is upsetting on multiple fronts but if there can be any upsides, I hope that: · Mr. Saddler gets paid to write the comprehensive account he no doubt intented · Readers subscribe to the @washingtonsun.com in droves
Jay Dintaman3Holy crap, what a tragic story!
Kim M Burd1That is all so unnecessarily sad
The Washington, D.C., shooting suspect shot himself while barricaded inside an apartment, the interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department said. The chief added that the man apparently had a dispute with the building’s homeowners association.
The Apostrophe3ahhh ... luigi but for HOA's
Evergreen2I thought Trump eliminated all crime in DC?
eddiethebulldog.bsky.social2Amazing that a multi-million dollar per-month guard deployment didn’t prevent this. I’m stunned.
livingfree55.bsky.social2Another horrible shooting enabled by the republicans letting any lunatic to have guns. Was any of them victims there? 🤞🏼
🅲🅸🆅🅸🅻 🅳🅴🅵🅴🅽🆂🅴🗽1and 2000 natl guard showed up for a photo op, since they have nothing to do... yet live large in 4 star hotels.
Logan Circle shooter identified as an emergency medicine physician. www.medpagetoday.com/emergencymed...
