Authorities say the guy who opened fire in a Midtown Atlanta medical facility Wednesday, killing one and wounded four, is on the run.
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The shooting: Atlanta Police Department Chief Darin Schierbaum said officers were summoned to Northside Hospital Medical in Midtown Atlanta at 12:08 p.m. ET Wednesday. Police say the alleged shooter and his mother were there for an appointment. When enraged, the man shot with a handgun. The chief said the gunman carjacked a vehicle as police arrived to flee.
The victims One of five victims shot in an 11th-floor waiting area died, authorities said. Female victims only. Grady Memorial Hospital said that three patients are critical and one is stable. A hospital official said one patient had a gunshot wound to the abdomen and another to the arm. The hospital stated the third critical patient was shot in the face.
The suspect: Deion Patterson, 24. Schierbaum said they are still searching for the shooting gun. He said law enforcement officials are investigating “credible leads” in Cobb County and Atlanta. Patterson left the Coast Guard in January. Patterson had little police involvement before the shooting. Police say his family cooperates.
According to the suspect’s mother, he was unsatisfied with the Department of Veterans Affairs’ care and seeking fresh therapy at an Atlanta medical institution.
CNN requested VA comment.
Wednesday brought Deion Patterson’s mother to Northside Medical Midtown. Police claimed she was unharmed in the shooting and is cooperating.
The Coast Guard says Patterson joined in 2018 and was dismissed in January.
Atlanta police identified Patterson as the shooter who killed one and wounded four at the medical institution. Authorities say he ran away after carjacking a vehicle.
Atlanta police arrested the Midtown Atlanta shooter.
Police named Atlanta Northside Hospital shooter Deion Patterson, 24.
Police reported five ladies shot and one dead.
Atlanta Police Headquarters will have a press conference.
A Cobb County police officer informed CNN that Deion Patterson was arrested in a condominium complex near Truist Park at 7:45 p.m. ET.
The Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park is 11 kilometres from Midtown Atlanta’s shooting scene.
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