Atlanta mass shooting – latest: Midtown attack victim named as suspect charged with murder after manhunt

The woman killed in the mass shooting at an Atlanta medical centre has now been identified as a 38-year-old CDC worker.

Amy St. Pierre was killed on Wednesday when suspected gunman Deion Patterson opened fire at Midtown Atlanta’s Northside Hospital.

The shooting unfolded when Mr Patterson, who used to be in the US Coast Guard, was attending an appointment with his mother. He allegedly pulled out a handgun and opened fire in the waiting room, shooting five women.

St Pierre died while the four other victims – aged 25 to 71 – are fighting for their lives in hospital.

Mr Patterson, 24, fled the scene by carjacking a vehicle close to the hospital, police said.

A huge manhunt ensued before he was tracked down to Cobb County, just northwest of Atlanta, where he was arrested

A local resident told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the suspect was found hiding near a condo complex’s pool after dogs began barking at him.

Mr Patterson’s mother, Minyone Patterson, said her son had “some mental instability going on” from medication he received from the Veterans Affairs health system that he began taking on Friday.

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• Everything we know about the Atlanta mass shooting that left one dead, four others hospitalised

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Atlanta shooting suspect’s mother pleads with public not to disregard the mentally ill

11:00 , Graig Graziosi

Minyone Patterson, the mother of Atlanta mass shooting suspect Deion Patterson, said her son began shooting after he had a mental health break brought on by issues with his medication. She has asked the public not to brush aside the troubles faced by individuals facing severe mental illness.

“Don’t disregard them,” she told CNN affiliate WANF. “I’m trying to advocate for my son. Just be careful.”

Northside Hospital doctor helped victims immediately after Atlanta mass shooting

10:00 , Graig Graziosi

A doctor working at Northside Hospital recalls hiding during the mass shooting in the facility’s waiting room before he emerged and began to assist with the wounded.

Scott Kleber, 62, who was just outside the waiting room during the shooting, said he waited for a few minutes after the shooting before poking his head out to survey the damage. He recalled the grisly scene to the Washington Post.

“We hunkered down for a few minutes, and I cracked open my door. I hear a cry for help from the waiting room. You can’t let someone who needs help not get help,” Dr Kleber said. “I open the door carefully and gently and I did not see a shooter, but I saw three bodies — three injured. One [had] a gunshot wound to the head. That was near the front desk. She was motionless, and it was pretty clear she succumbed to her gunshot wound. There was a lot of blood from her head.”

He recalled finding a staff member who worked the front desk hiding in a back room with a bullet wound to her abdomen.

“She is breathing and conscious with a bullet wound from her front abdomen through her back, a through-and-through gunshot wound,” he said. “And there is another employee, who appears to have a graze wound, offering comfort to her co-worker.”

Dr Kleber said he reassured the injured woman.

“I listened to her lungs. I told her, ‘EMS is coming. Hold tight. People are going to take care of you.’”

Despite his actions, he insisted that he “is not a hero.”

Atlanta judge denies Atlanta mass shooting suspect Deion Patterson bail

09:00 , Graig Graziosi

Deion Patterson, the suspect in the mass shooting that left one woman dead and four others wounded in Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday, has been denied bail.

Fulton County Magistrate Judge Holly Hughes made the decision on Thursday after Mr Patterson waived his right to be present for her ruling.

She ordered he remain in custody on one murder charge and four counts of aggravated assault.

Atlanta hospital mass shooting victim identified as CDC worker

08:00 , Graig Graziosi

The woman who was killed during a mass shooting in Atlanta on Wednesday was a worker at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the agency.

Amy St Pierre, 38, was killed after Deion Patterson, 24, allegedly open fired in the waiting room of the Northside Hospital in Midtown Atlanta.

He allegedly shot Ms St Pierre and wounded four other women. Ms St Pierre died at the scene, according to police.

The other women who were wounded are Lisa Glynn, Georgette Whitlow, Jazzmin Daniel, and Alesha Hollinger, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, citing Mr Patterson’s charging papers. They are reportedly still in critical condition, according to Grady Health Chief Medical Officer Dr Robert Jansen.

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Atlanta hospital mass shooting victim identified as CDC worker

Amy St Pierre, woman killed in Atlanta mass shooting, remembered by her friend

07:00 , Graig Graziosi

Surviving victims of Atlanta shooting identified

06:00 , Graig Graziosi

The names of the four women injured during a mass shooting Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday have been released, according to a local report.

Deion Patterson allegedly shot five women after he became irritated in the Northside Hospital waiting room. The shooting sent four victims to the hospital left one woman, Amy St. Pierre, dead.

The other women injured have reportedly been identified as Lisa Glynn, Georgette Whitlow, Jazzmin Daniel, and Alesha Hollinger, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, citing Mr Patterson’s charging papers.

Ms Glynn was reportedly shot in the abdomen, Ms Whitlow in the arm, Ms Hollinger in the face, and Ms Daniel was hit multiple times in her abdomen.

‘Its the guns’: Atlanta Mayor releases statement calling for ‘national action’ on mental health and gun access

04:59 , Graig Graziosi

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens released a statement on Thursday afternoon addressing the shooting in Midtown on Wednesday.

Amid assurances that the suspect, Deion Patterson, will face justice and that city funds were being used to bolster law enforcement and crime prevention efforts, the mayor also called for national action on mental health and gun access.

“Violent crime in Atlanta is significantly down over this time last year. But we need to do more. We need national action to change the way we treat mental health. And we need action that keeps guns out of the hands of people who should not have them.

We cannot accept mass shootings as normal in our country. We know it does not have to be this way. Other nations have challenges with mental health, but they don’t have this level of gun violence that we do in America.

It’s the guns.

While we respect the rights conveyed by the 2nd Amendment, we also need more actions to protect the rights of our citizens to go about their lives — to go to a doctor’s office, a supermarket, a gas station, their school — without the threat of being gunned down.”

Everything we know about the Atlanta mass shooting

04:00 , Graig Graziosi

One person was killed and multiple others were injured in a mass shooting on Wednesday in Midtown Atlanta.

The Atlanta Police Department announced on Wednesday evening a suspect in the shooting had been apprehended.

Here’s everything we know about the shooting in Atlanta:

Everything we know about the Midtown Atlanta mass shooting

Gun control activists speak out after Atlanta shooting

03:00 , Graig Graziosi

Gun control group Giffords tweeted “enough” as yet another mass shooting took place in the US on Wednesday.

“This is what America looks like. Police are responding to an active shooting at Northside Hospital Medical in Midtown Atlanta, which killed one person and injured at least four more. We experience gun violence over and over again. ENOUGH,” the organisation tweeted.

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was killed in the Parkland massacre, tweeted: “It doesn’t need to be this way.”

Raphael Warnock urges Congress to act on gun violence after Atlanta shooting: ‘None of us are safe’

02:00 , Graig Graziosi

While law enforcement agencies joined a manhunt for a gunman who shot five people inside a midtown Atlanta hospital, Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock was speaking on the floor of the US Senate.

His two children, meanwhile, were locked down in their Atlanta-area schools.

“They’re there, I’m here, hoping and praying they’re safe,” he said in remarks from the Senate on 3 May. “But the truth is none of us are safe … Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough.”

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Raphael Warnock urges Congress to act on gun violence after Atlanta shooting

ICYMI: Deion Patterson was angry at ‘messed up’ meds before killing one woman and injuring four others, says mother

01:00 , Graig Graziosi

Atlanta mass shooting suspect Deion Patterson was angry at his “messed up” medication before he allegedly killed one woman and injured four others at a hospital in the city.

The suspect, who used to serve in the US Coast Guard, remains on the loose and a massive manhunt is underway after police warned that the 24-year-old is “considered armed and dangerous.” “DO NOT approach him,” tweeted Atlanta Police Department as they identified him.

The suspect, who has a military background, had originally attended a medical appointment at the building on Wednesday at which he was accompanied by his mother, reported CNN.

“The damn VA gave him some messed up medication. And all he wanted was an Ativan,” his mother, Minyone Patterson, told The Daily Beast before hanging up.

Graeme Massie has the details.

Hunt for gunman as one dead and more wounded in Atlanta shooting

Who is Deion Patterson?

Friday 5 May 2023 00:00 , Graig Graziosi

Deion Patterson is accused of killing one victim and wounding four others in a mass shooting at a medical facility in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 24-year-old was previously in the US Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard said Mr Patterson “entered the Coast Guard in July 2018 and last served as an Electrician’s Mate Second Class. He was discharged from active duty in January 2023.”

“Our deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families,” the statement said.

Mr Patterson had a previous arrest for marijuana posession in Henry County, 11Alive reports.

The Daily Beast managed to reach Mr Patterson’s mother, who told them the VA had given him medicine that affected his judgement.

“The damn VA gave him some messed up medication. And all he wanted was an Ativan,” his mother, Minyone Patterson, told The Daily Beast.

Gunman used handgun in attack

Thursday 4 May 2023 23:00 , Graig Graziosi

Suspected gunman Deion Patterson used a handgun in Wednesday’s horror attack at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 24-year-old Coast Guard veteran was attending an appointment at the Northside Hospital building in midtown Atlanta when he allegedly opened fire with a handgun inside a waiting room on the 11th floor, police said.

It is not currently clear whether he legally owned the handgun and – if so – when it was purchased.

WATCH: Georgia senator gives speech on gun violence amid manhunt for Atlanta shooter

Thursday 4 May 2023 22:00 , Graig Graziosi

There have been nearly 200 mass shootings in 2023

Thursday 4 May 2023 21:45 , Graig Graziosi

Wednesday’s mass shooting in Atlanta is the latest in a wave of gun violence across the US.

There have been at least 190 mass shootings in the US this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

CDC Director praises agency worker killed in Atlanta mass shooting

Thursday 4 May 2023 21:20 , Graig Graziosi

Director Rochelle Walensky said the CDC suffered a “tremendous loss” after Amy St Pierre, who worked at the agency, was killed in a mass shooting in Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday.

“Amy was a valued member of our team at the Division of Reproductive Health where she worked every day to save the lives of mothers and infants,” Dr. Walensky told the Senate Health Committee. “Our hearts are with her, her family, friends and our colleagues as they remember her and grieve this tragic loss.”

Family of Amy St Pierre, CDC worker killed in Atlanta mass shooting, issues statement

Thursday 4 May 2023 21:05 , Graig Graziosi

Ms St Pierre’s family offered the following statement to The Independent.

“Our beloved Amy was brilliant, kind, big-hearted and simply the ‘best of the best’. An Emory honors graduate and Georgia State MBA, Amy traveled the world with curiosity and courage. She was driven by compassion, both in her work in the field of maternal mortality, and in her everyday life. Amy was selfless always, she wanted more for others but never for herself. Generous supporter of worthy causes, she was the social conscience of our family.”

“Loving wife and mother of two, middle sister to two brothers, and cherished daughter, she was truly our pride and joy. Amy’s friends are the best reflection of the person she was. Their outpouring of tears, love and support are beyond measure.”

“She will be missed but never, ever forgotten.”

They have asked for privacy and said they will not be making further comment.

Georgia shooting: Gunman at large after opening fire inside McDonald’s causing ‘multiple’ casualties, reports say

Thursday 4 May 2023 20:30 , Graig Graziosi

Another shooting at a public place has taken place in Georgia.

A gunman is at large after opening fire inside a Georgia McDonald’s causing “multiple” casualties, reports say.

Police are investigating the incident which took place in Moultrie, Georgia, around three hours south of Atlanta, and there are multiple crime scenes, according to The Moultrie Observer.

Moultrie police and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents are probing fatal incidents at Moultrie’s McDonald’s restaurant and a residence on Sixth Street Southwest, reported the newspaper.

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Gunman at large after opening fire inside Georgia McDonald’s

Atlanta shooting suspect’s mother pleads with public not to disregard the mentally ill

Thursday 4 May 2023 20:17 , Graig Graziosi

Minyone Patterson, the mother of Atlanta mass shooting suspect Deion Patterson, said her son began shooting after he had a mental health break brought on by issues with his medication. She has asked the public not to brush aside the troubles faced by individuals facing severe mental illness.

“Don’t disregard them,” she told CNN affiliate WANF. “I’m trying to advocate for my son. Just be careful.”

Northside Hospital doctor helped victims immediately after Atlanta mass shooting

Thursday 4 May 2023 19:40 , Graig Graziosi

A doctor working at Northside Hospital recalls hiding during the mass shooting in the facility’s waiting room before he emerged and began to assist with the wounded.

Scott Kleber, 62, who was just outside the waiting room during the shooting, said he waited for a few minutes after the shooting before poking his head out to survey the damage. He recalled the grisly scene to the Washington Post.

“We hunkered down for a few minutes, and I cracked open my door. I hear a cry for help from the waiting room. You can’t let someone who needs help not get help,” Dr Kleber said. “I open the door carefully and gently and I did not see a shooter, but I saw three bodies — three injured. One [had] a gunshot wound to the head. That was near the front desk. She was motionless, and it was pretty clear she succumbed to her gunshot wound. There was a lot of blood from her head.”

He recalled finding a staff member who worked the front desk hiding in a back room with a bullet wound to her abdomen.

“She is breathing and conscious with a bullet wound from her front abdomen through her back, a through-and-through gunshot wound,” he said. “And there is another employee, who appears to have a graze wound, offering comfort to her co-worker.”

Dr Kleber said he reassured the injured woman.

“I listened to her lungs. I told her, ‘EMS is coming. Hold tight. People are going to take care of you.’”

Despite his actions, he insisted that he “is not a hero.”

Atlanta judge denies Atlanta mass shooting suspect Deion Patterson bail

Thursday 4 May 2023 19:16 , Graig Graziosi

Deion Patterson, the suspect in the mass shooting that left one woman dead and four others wounded in Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday, has been denied bail.

Fulton County Magistrate Judge Holly Hughes made the decision on Thursday after Mr Patterson waived his right to be present for her ruling.

She ordered he remain in custody on one murder charge and four counts of aggravated assault.

Atlanta hospital mass shooting victim identified as CDC worker

Thursday 4 May 2023 18:10 , Graig Graziosi

The woman who was killed during a mass shooting in Atlanta on Wednesday was a worker at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, according to the agency.

Amy St Pierre, 38, was killed after Deion Patterson, 24, allegedly open fired in the waiting room of the Northside Hospital in Midtown Atlanta.

He allegedly shot Ms St Pierre and wounded four other women. Ms St Pierre died at the scene, according to police.

The other women who were wounded are Lisa Glynn, Georgette Whitlow, Jazzmin Daniel, and Alesha Hollinger, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, citing Mr Patterson’s charging papers. They are reportedly still in critical condition, according to Grady Health Chief Medical Officer Dr Robert Jansen.

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Atlanta hospital mass shooting victim identified as CDC worker

Amy St Pierre, woman killed in Atlanta mass shooting, remembered by her friend

Thursday 4 May 2023 16:42 , Graig Graziosi

Surviving victims of Atlanta shooting identified

Thursday 4 May 2023 15:25 , Graig Graziosi

The names of the four women injured during a mass shooting Midtown Atlanta on Wednesday have been released, according to a local report.

Deion Patterson allegedly shot five women after he became irritated in the Northside Hospital waiting room. The shooting sent four victims to the hospital left one woman, Amy St. Pierre, dead.

The other women injured have reportedly been identified as Lisa Glynn, Georgette Whitlow, Jazzmin Daniel, and Alesha Hollinger, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, citing Mr Patterson's charging papers.

Ms Glynn was reportedly shot in the abdomen, Ms Whitlow in the arm, Ms Hollinger in the face, and Ms Daniel was hit multiple times in her abdomen.

‘Its the guns’: Atlanta Mayor releases statement calling for ‘national action’ on mental health and gun access

Thursday 4 May 2023 14:56 , Graig Graziosi

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens released a statement on Thursday afternoon addressing the shooting in Midtown on Wednesday.

Amid assurances that the suspect, Deion Patterson, will face justice and that city funds were being used to bolster law enforcement and crime prevention efforts, the mayor also called for national action on mental health and gun access.

"Violent crime in Atlanta is significantly down over this time last year. But we need to do more. We need national action to change the way we treat mental health. And we need action that keeps guns out of the hands of people who should not have them.

We cannot accept mass shootings as normal in our country. We know it does not have to be this way. Other nations have challenges with mental health, but they don't have this level of gun violence that we do in America.

It's the guns.

While we respect the rights conveyed by the 2nd Amendment, we also need more actions to protect the rights of our citizens to go about their lives — to go to a doctor's office, a supermarket, a gas station, their school — without the threat of being gunned down."

Everything we know about the Atlanta mass shooting

Thursday 4 May 2023 14:00 , Rachel Sharp

One person was killed and multiple others were injured in a mass shooting on Wednesday in Midtown Atlanta.

The Atlanta Police Department announced on Wednesday evening a suspect in the shooting had been apprehended.

Here’s everything we know about the shooting in Atlanta:

Everything we know about the Midtown Atlanta mass shooting

Gun control activists speak out after Atlanta shooting

Thursday 4 May 2023 13:40 , Rachel Sharp

Gun control group Giffords tweeted “enough” as yet another mass shooting took place in the US on Wednesday.

“This is what America looks like. Police are responding to an active shooting at Northside Hospital Medical in Midtown Atlanta, which killed one person and injured at least four more. We experience gun violence over and over again. ENOUGH,” the organisation tweeted.

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter Jaime was killed in the Parkland massacre, tweeted: “It doesn’t need to be this way.”

Raphael Warnock urges Congress to act on gun violence after Atlanta shooting: ‘None of us are safe’

Thursday 4 May 2023 13:20 , Rachel Sharp

While law enforcement agencies joined a manhunt for a gunman who shot five people inside a midtown Atlanta hospital, Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock was speaking on the floor of the US Senate.

His two children, meanwhile, were locked down in their Atlanta-area schools.

“They’re there, I’m here, hoping and praying they’re safe,” he said in remarks from the Senate on 3 May. “But the truth is none of us are safe … Thoughts and prayers aren’t enough.”

Read the full story:

Raphael Warnock urges Congress to act on gun violence after Atlanta shooting

Who are the victims of the Atlanta shooting?

Thursday 4 May 2023 13:00 , Rachel Sharp

Five women were shot – one fatally – when a gunman opened fire at Midtown Atlanta’s Northside Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.

The woman killed was identified by the Fulton County Medical Examiners’ Office as Amy St. Pierre, 38, was killed on Wednesday when a gunman opened fire at Midtown Atlanta’s Northside Hospital.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that St. Pierre was one of its employees.

The four other victims have not been named but were identified as women aged 25, 39, 56 and 71.

ICYMI: Deion Patterson was angry at ‘messed up’ meds before killing one woman and injuring four others, says mother

Thursday 4 May 2023 12:40 , Josh Marcus

Atlanta mass shooting suspect Deion Patterson was angry at his “messed up” medication before he allegedly killed one woman and injured four others at a hospital in the city.

The suspect, who used to serve in the US Coast Guard, remains on the loose and a massive manhunt is underway after police warned that the 24-year-old is “considered armed and dangerous.” “DO NOT approach him,” tweeted Atlanta Police Department as they identified him.

The suspect, who has a military background, had originally attended a medical appointment at the building on Wednesday at which he was accompanied by his mother, reported CNN.

“The damn VA gave him some messed up medication. And all he wanted was an Ativan,” his mother, Minyone Patterson, told The Daily Beast before hanging up.

Graeme Massie has the details.

Hunt for gunman as one dead and more wounded in Atlanta shooting

Who is Deion Patterson?

Thursday 4 May 2023 12:20 , Rachel Sharp

Deion Patterson is accused of killing one victim and wounding four others in a mass shooting at a medical facility in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 24-year-old was previously in the US Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard said Mr Patterson “entered the Coast Guard in July 2018 and last served as an Electrician’s Mate Second Class. He was discharged from active duty in January 2023.”

“Our deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families,” the statement said.

Mr Patterson had a previous arrest for marijuana posession in Henry County, 11Alive reports.

The Daily Beast managed to reach Mr Patterson’s mother, who told them the VA had given him medicine that affected his judgement.

“The damn VA gave him some messed up medication. And all he wanted was an Ativan,” his mother, Minyone Patterson, told The Daily Beast.

PICTURED: CDC worker Amy St. Pierre who was killed in shooting

Thursday 4 May 2023 12:00 , Rachel Sharp

Gunman used handgun in attack

Thursday 4 May 2023 11:40 , Rachel Sharp

Suspected gunman Deion Patterson used a handgun in Wednesday’s horror attack at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

The 24-year-old Coast Guard veteran was attending an appointment at the Northside Hospital building in midtown Atlanta when he allegedly opened fire with a handgun inside a waiting room on the 11th floor, police said.

It is not currently clear whether he legally owned the handgun and – if so – when it was purchased.

WATCH: Georgia senator gives speech on gun violence amid manhunt for Atlanta shooter

Thursday 4 May 2023 11:20 , Rachel Sharp

CDC pays tribute to slain employee

Thursday 4 May 2023 11:00 , Rachel Sharp

The CDC has released a statement after one of its employees was identified as the victim of Wednesday’s mass shooting.

Amy St. Pierre, 38, was killed when a gunman opened fire at Midtown Atlanta’s Northside Hospital.

“CDC is deeply saddened by the unexpected loss of a colleague killed today in the Midtown Atlanta shooting,” a CDC spokesperson said in a statement.

“Our hearts are with her family, friends, and colleagues as they remember her and grieve this tragic loss.”

Atlanta’s complicated struggle for public safety reform

Thursday 4 May 2023 10:40 , Josh Marcus

Wendesday’s mass shooting in Atlanta is sure to prompt discussions around safety and guns in the city.

Earlier this year, we reported on how those concerns have fueled a lethal – and sometimes violent – debate around a proposed $90m police training centre dubbed “Cop City.”

The fight against Atlanta’s $90m ‘Cop City’ is just getting started

There have been nearly 200 mass shootings in 2023

Thursday 4 May 2023 10:20 , Josh Marcus

Wednesday’s mass shooting in Atlanta is the latest in a wave of gun violence across the US.

There have been at least 190 mass shootings in the US this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

ICYMI: Atlanta gunman found hiding near pool after barking dogs alerted neighbours, report says

Thursday 4 May 2023 10:00 , Josh Marcus

Deion Patterson, the suspect in a shooting at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia which left one woman dead and four others wounded, was found hiding near a condo complex’s pool after dogs began barking at him, says a report.

The arrest of the 24-year-old Coast Guard veteran comes more than eight hours after he allegedly opened fire with a handgun inside a waiting room on the 11th floor of the Northside Hospital building in midtown Atlanta.

The suspect was taken into custody by law enforcement at an apartment complex in Cobb County at around 7.45pm ET after a series of sightings in the area, police said.

Graeme Massie reports.

Atlanta gunman found hiding near pool after barking dogs alerted neighbours

CDC worker identified as victim killed in medical centre shooting

Thursday 4 May 2023 09:40 , Rachel Sharp

The victim killed in the mass shooting at an Atlanta medical centre has been identified as a CDC worker.

Amy St. Pierre, 38, was killed on Wednesday when a gunman opened fire at Midtown Atlanta’s Northside Hospital.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that St. Pierre was one of its employees.

Deion Patterson: Everything we know about Atlanta mass shooting suspect

Thursday 4 May 2023 08:52 , Josh Marcus

Police captured a man suspected of killing one person and injuring four more in a mass shooting at an Atlanta hospital on Monday.

Earlier in the day, officials announced that 24-year-old Deion Patterson was the prime suspect. A man matching his description was seen being arrested at a Cobb County condo complex on Wednesday afternoon.

Mr Patterson, who was recently discharged from the Coast Guard, had originally attended a medical appointment at the building on Wednesday at which he was accompanied by his mother, reported CNN.

Here’s everything we know about the recently arrested suspect.

Deion Patterson: Everything we know about the at-large Atlanta mass shooting suspect

Everything we know about the Atlanta mass shooting that left one dead, four others hospitalised

Thursday 4 May 2023 07:52 , Josh Marcus

One person was killed and multiple others were injured in a mass shooting on Wednesday in Midtown Atlanta.

The Atlanta Police Department announced on Wednesday evening a suspect in the shooting had been apprehended.

Here’s everything we know about the shooting in Atlanta:

Everything we know about the Atlanta mass shooting that left one dead

‘I hope the city, the region, rests easy that Patterson is in custody’

Thursday 4 May 2023 07:30 , Namita Singh

Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens was happy Deion Patterson was arrested and taken into custody alive so he can be prosecuted.

“Right now, we’ve had a successful end to a traumatic day,” Mr Dickens said, while also advocating for tougher gun laws and stressing the importance of police training.

“I hope the city, the region, rests easy that he is in custody, but I also hope that we will stay vigilant to continue to look at a future where individuals who shouldn’t have a gun in possession won’t have one, and also that individuals are brought to justice, and also that we deal with these things that are mental health or easy access to guns.”

Atlanta mayor calls for stronger gun laws after hospital shooting

Thursday 4 May 2023 06:52 , Josh Marcus

Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens says Wednesday’s mass shooting a hospital is a sign of America’s gun violence problem.

“This was a horrible act of gun violence,” he said. “Equally horrifying is we know this is not unique in our country. In 2023 alone, there have been nearly 200 reported instances of mass shootings in America.”

The official called for stronger gun laws like red flag provisions to prevent future tragedies.

Alleged gunman was recently discharged from Coast Guard

Thursday 4 May 2023 05:52 , Josh Marcus

Deion Patterson, the man wanted for allegedly shooting multiple people at an Atlanta-area medical facility on Wednesday, was recently discharged from the US Coast Guard.

The military branch said it was working with police to investigate the alleged gunman.

“Our deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families,” the Coast Guard said in a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The Coast Guard Investigative Service is working closely with the Atlanta Police Department and local authorities in the investigation. Mr. Patterson entered the Coast Guard in July 2018 and last served as an Electrician’s Mate Second Class.”

Police used digital billboards to help capture Atlanta shooting suspect

Thursday 4 May 2023 04:52 , Josh Marcus

Police used digital billboards as part of their search for a man suspected of shooting at least five people at an Atlanta-area hospital on Wednesday.

Atlanta law enforcement announced a suspect had been captured on Wednesday evening.

Local media reports the arrest took place at the Waterford Place Condominiums in Cobb County.

Shooter was reportedly unhappy with VA care

Thursday 4 May 2023 03:52 , Josh Marcus

Deion Patterson, a discharged Coast Guard veteran, was unhappy with the care he was receiving from the Department of Veteran Affairs and was seeking new treatment, his mother informed investigators, an APD source told CNN.

Mr Patterson allegedly killed one woman and wounded four others in a waiting room on the 11th floor of the medical building in midtown Atlanta on Wednesday.

Barking dogs allegedly tipped police off about shooting suspect

Thursday 4 May 2023 02:21 , Josh Marcus

After an hourslong manhunt, barking dogs were what ultimately helped police find the gunman accused of shooting five people at an Atlanta hospital.

Witnesses told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution police were already on their street at a condominiuim complex in Cobb County when a woman named Christy Colwell told officers about a local pool and washhouse deep in the woods.

“I thought that would be a great place for someone to hide out until dark,” Ms Colwell told the paper. “Ten seconds later, (police) came running back to us, told us to get on the grass, and then all of a sudden there were 30 police cars all heading down there.”

Technology played ‘huge role’ in arrest of shooting suspect

Thursday 4 May 2023 02:02 , Josh Marcus

Advanced surveillance technology played a “huge role” in capturing the gunman wanted for shooting five people at an Atlanta hospital on Wednesday.

Officials said a key break in the case came when investigators spotted a license plate number on a vehicle the gunman allegedly stole.

“Those tools are what really got us the clues we needed to make this successful,” Cobb County police chief Stuart VanHoozer said during a press conference on Wednesday.

The police official said officers checked multiple locations including a construction site as they accumulated information about the suspect, believed to be Deion Patterson.

Eventually, Mr VanHoozer said, an undercover officer confronted the suspect, and officers were able to swoop in and arrest him without incident.

APD chief praises ‘capable, confident’ response

Thursday 4 May 2023 01:56 , Josh Marcus

Atlanta police officials are praising police for swiftly capturing an individual wanted for shooting five people at a local hospital.

Atlanta police chief Darin Schierbaum called the investigation a “capable, confident” response.

“In this most dire of cistumstances you have shown what you do daily,” he said.

Atlanta police officials said they were able to locate the suspect after flagging a license plate number on a pickup truck he stole as he fled the scene into Cobb County.

Atlanta mayor thanks police after mass shooting suspect apprehended

Thursday 4 May 2023 01:53 , Josh Marcus

“Law enforcement have taken the suspect into custody thanks to the highly trained police officers,” Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens said during a press conference on Wednesday. “We were able to bring this supect into custody wiuthout further harm.”

“Not only did law enforcement bring this man into custody, they also kept our community safe during an enormously tense afternoon and evening.”

As shootings continue, US states further loosen gun laws

Thursday 4 May 2023 01:52 , Josh Marcus

Many US states continue to weaken their gun laws, even as mass shootings rage on.

As we reported in March, in the weeks before six people, including three nine-year-old children, were fatally shot inside a Nashville school, Tennessee lawmakers considered several pieces of legislation to loosen restrictions on firearms.

The proposals were introduced two years after Republican Governor Bill Lee signed a bill into law that makes it easier for people to openly carry handguns in the state without a permit. Tennessee is one of 25 states with a permitless concealed carry law, a measure that has been rapidly adopted by lawmakers across the US as part of what right-wing activists have called a “constitutional carry” movement in recognition of the Second Amendment.

The same year Tennessee’s legislation was signed into law, lawmakers approved similar measures in Arizona, Iowa, Montana, Texas and Utah. In 2022, lawmakers passed similar bills in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana and Ohio. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida is expected to sign a similar measure into law this year after its passage in a GOP-controlled legislature.

Read Alex Woodward’s full report.

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Were ‘mess up’ meds to blame for Atlanta shooting?

Thursday 4 May 2023 01:37 , Josh Marcus

Atlanta mass shooting suspect Deion Patterson was angry at his “messed up” medication before he allegedly killed one woman and injured four others at a hospital in the city.

The suspect, who used to serve in the US Coast Guard, remains on the loose and a massive manhunt is underway after police warned that the 24-year-old is “considered armed and dangerous.” “DO NOT approach him,” tweeted Atlanta Police Department as they identified him.

The suspect, who has a military background, had originally attended a medical appointment at the building on Wednesday at which he was accompanied by his mother, reported CNN.

During the appointment he became agitated, pulled out a handgun and allegedly started shooting, a police source told the news network.

Graeme Massie has the full story.

Hunt for gunman as one dead and more wounded in Atlanta shooting

Shooting suspect seen being arrested

Thursday 4 May 2023 01:26 , Josh Marcus

A news helicopter captured footage of Atlanta-area police arresting a suspect wanted for shooting at least five people, one fatally, at a Midtown hospital on Wednesday.

An 11Alive news crew captured live images of a man, potentially Deion Patterson, being apprehended at a condominium complex in Cobb County.

The station also reports that Mr Patterson was seen wandering the complex with an exposed weapon, and that he had a previous marijuana posession on his record.

Suspect arrested in Atlanta shooting

Thursday 4 May 2023 01:11 , Josh Marcus

Deion Patterson, the suspect in a shooting at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia which left one woman dead and four others wounded, has been taken into custody, police have said.

Follow our breaking news coverage here for all the latest information.

Shooting suspect was visiting hospital with his mother

Thursday 4 May 2023 00:50 , Josh Marcus

A man accused of fatally shooting at least one person and injuring at least four more was visiting a medical facility in Midtown Atlanta with his mother, CNN reports.

The mother of suspected gunman Deion Patterson is reportedly cooperating with police.

Raphael Warnock urges Congress to act on gun violence after Atlanta shooting: ‘None of us are safe’

Thursday 4 May 2023 00:31 , Graeme Massie

The Georgia senator’s children were locked down in their schools during the manhunt.

Raphael Warnock urges Congress to act on gun violence after Atlanta shooting

Suspect’s vehicle found in Cobb County

Thursday 4 May 2023 00:10 , Graeme Massie

A vehicle allegedly stolen by Deion Patterson was located inside a parking garage along Heritage Court near The Battery Atlanta.

“We did get information that the shooter may have come to Cobb County, so we began to actually check our flock cameras,” said Cobb police spokesman Sgt Wayne Delk. “We went back and did discover that the vehicle had entered Cobb County.”

Senator Raphael Warnock addresses shooting in his hometown

Wednesday 3 May 2023 23:52 , Graeme Massie

“None of us is safe, no matter where we are. This happened in a medical facility where people are trying to find healing,” said the US Senator for Georgia.

Photos capture Atlanta mass shooting and suspect Deion Patterson’s arrest

Thursday 4 May 2023 02:41 , Josh Marcus

Suspect may be near home of Atlanta Braves

Wednesday 3 May 2023 23:27 , Graeme Massie

Deion Patterson may be near Truist Park and The Battery in Cobb County after the car he is suspected of being in showed up on a licence plate reader in the area, sources told CNN.

Truist Park is where the Atlanta Braves play and is around 11 miles from the scene of the shooting earlier in the day.

Police chief gives ages of victims

Wednesday 3 May 2023 22:23 , Graeme Massie

Atlanta Police Department Chief Darin Schierbaum told reporters that all five women had been shot in a waiting room on the 11th floor of the building.

Chief Schierbaum said that the woman who died was 39, while the other four wounded women are aged 25, 39, 56 and 71.

Suspect is a former member of the Coast Guard

Wednesday 3 May 2023 22:00 , Gustaf Kilander

The suspect, Deion Patterson, 24, is a former member of the Coast Guard.

The agency said in a statement on Wednesday that he “entered the Coast Guard in July 2018 and last served as an Electrician’s Mate Second Class. He was discharged from active duty in January 2023.”.

“Our deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families,” they added, according to CNN.

Suspect not found after several false alarms checked

Wednesday 3 May 2023 21:55 , Gustaf Kilander

Raphael Warnock says his children were on lockdown

Wednesday 3 May 2023 21:45 , Gustaf Kilander

Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock took to the senate floor on Wednesday to push congress to take action on gun control.

“If we refuse to act while our children are dying and in a moment when no one is safe, then shame on us. Shame on us if we allow this to happen and we do absolutely nothing,” Mr Warnock said, according to CNN.

“My own two children were on lockdown this afternoon ... They are there, I’m here, hoping and praying that they are safe – but the truth is none of us is safe,” he added.

Slamming the gun lobby, he said, “those who want to convince us that common-sense gun reform is somehow a call to take everybody’s guns, this is not the cost of freedom … it is the cost of greed”.

Cobb Police searching Vinings, Cumberland, Truist Park

Wednesday 3 May 2023 21:35 , Gustaf Kilander

Video from Atlanta shooting

Wednesday 3 May 2023 21:31 , Graeme Massie

Atlanta Mayor says ‘focus is in Cobb County’

Wednesday 3 May 2023 21:25 , Gustaf Kilander

Patterson fled as police ‘were descending on this area'

Wednesday 3 May 2023 21:20 , Gustaf Kilander

Atlanta Police Department Chief Darin Schierbaum said on Wednesday afternoon that law enforcement thinks that the suspect may have stolen a car near the area of the shooting.

The chief said that suspect Deion Patterson fled as police “were descending on this area,” according to CNN.

“We believe he has left the area,” the chief said, adding that Patterson “may not still be in that vehicle”.

Images of Atlanta shooting

Wednesday 3 May 2023 21:14 , Graeme Massie

Atlanta gunman shot five women in medical centre waiting area, police chief says

Wednesday 3 May 2023 21:10 , Gustaf Kilander

The suspect in the Atlanta shooting was in the waiting room of a medical centre when he shot five women, killing one of them, the Atlanta Police Department Chief Darin Schierbaum has said.

Police were called to Northside Hospital Medical in Midtown Atlanta at 12.08pm ET.

The chief said officers are still searching for the suspect, who has been identified as Deion Patterson, 24.

The gun used is also being looked for.

“Credible leads” are being followed up on in the city of Atlanta and in Cobb County, he added, according to CNN.

Reward of $10,000 for capture of Deion Patterson

Wednesday 3 May 2023 20:53 , Graeme Massie

Crime Stoppers has put up a $10,000 reward for information leading to Deion Patterson’s arrest and indictment, according to the Atlanta Police Department.

Manhunt seemingly moves to Cobb County

Wednesday 3 May 2023 20:38 , Graeme Massie

Cobb County Police are now also assisting in the search for Deion Patterson, according to 11Alive.

“Portions of Cobb County that border Atlanta may see heavier than normal presence,” Cobb Police said.

Atlanta lawmaker calls more gun control in wake of shooting

Wednesday 3 May 2023 20:24 , Graeme Massie

Atlanta City Councilman Amir Farokhi called for tightened gun controls after the shooting in his district on Wednesday.

“I hope APD apprehends the shooter quickly,” Mr Farokhi told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “My heart hurts for those injured and the family of the deceased. Gun violence has become a daily occurrence in our country.

“We cannot let it become normalized. The time is past due for common sense gun reform. We all deserve to feel safe everywhere.”

Suspect’s mother breaks silence on shooting

Wednesday 3 May 2023 20:11 , Graeme Massie

“The damn VA gave him some messed up medication. And all he wanted was an Ativan,” his mother, Minyone Patterson, told The Daily Beast before hanging up.

The suspect, who has a military background, had originally attended a medical appointment at the building and was accompanied by his mother, reported CNN.

During the appointment he became agitated, pulled out a handgun and started shooting, a police source told the news network.

Police investigating nearby carjacking

Wednesday 3 May 2023 20:04 , Alex Woodward

Police are investigating a nearby carjacking incident reported at Williams and 13th streets blocks from the hospital.

Shooting suspect Deion Patterson is no longer believed to be near the hospital. Police are working to determine whether the incidents are related.

Police lift shelter in place order

Wednesday 3 May 2023 20:03 , Alex Woodward

Atlanta police have lifted a lockdown order at Northside Hospital but continue to urge people to stay away from the scene.

White House is aware of incident

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:53 , Alex Woodward

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are aware of the “ongoing, very fluid situation” Atlanta shooting and at-large suspect, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Wednesday.

The president is “frustrated about what we’re seeing in our communities and in our schools and our churches” when it comes to gun violence, she added.

Police release image of suspect

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:49 , Alex Woodward

The Atlanta Police Department has released this image of 24-year-old Deion Patterson, who is believed to be the suspect who killed at least one person and injured four others at a medical centre in midtown Atlanta on Wednesday.

Six Atlanta public schools will remain on lockdown until shooter in custody

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:45 , Alex Woodward

The following schools will remain in lockdown until the suspected gunman is in custody: Midtown High School, Washington High School, Stanton Elementary, King Middle, Wesley International Charter, and Dunbar Elementary.

“Parents, please stay home,” Atlanta Public Schools said in a statement: “At this time, schools on HOLD will not release students to leave until the lockdowns are lifted. Our buildings are secure and as long as students are inside, they are safe. All other clusters will have normal dismissal.”

Suspect was believed to be inside hospital for appointment, police spokesperson said

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:42 , Alex Woodward

The man accused of killing at least one person and injuring at least four others at a midtown medical centre in Atlanta on Wednesday was there for an appointment, police spokesperson Chata Spikes told CNN.

The mother of the suspected shooter, who accompanied him to the medical centre, is cooperating with police and was uninjured in the shooting, CNN reported.

Atlanta police release suspect’s name and age

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:38 , Alex Woodward

Atlanta police have reported that the suspect picture in surveillance footage is 24-year-old Deion Patterson.

Three victims in critical condition and one person in surgery

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:35 , Alex Woodward

Three shooting victims are in critical condition and one person is in surgery, according to Dr Robert Jansen at Grady Memorial Hospital.

The staff is prepared for mass casualty event to treat up to 12 people, if necessary.

The hospital is not in lockdown.

Officials at Grady Memorial Hospital to hold press briefing

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:22 , Alex Woodward

Officials at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital, where four victims are reportedly being treated at the city’s only level 1 trauma centre, will hold a press briefing momentarily.

Live coverage of the scene in midtown Atlanta

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:19 , Alex Woodward

The Independent has live coverage of the scene in midtown Atlanta after one person was killed and four others injured near Northside Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.

Northside Hospital confirms shooting at Atlanta location

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:16 , Alex Woodward

A statement from Northside Hospital said the organisation is “cooperating with law enforcement following the shooting” at its midtown Atlanta location.

“We urge people in the area to shelter in place and follow instructions from law enforcement on the scene,” the statement adds. “This tragedy is affecting all of us, and we ask for patience and prayers at this time.”

Update: Four injured in Atlanta shooting, according to police

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:05 , Alex Woodward

At least four people have been injured and were transported to Grady Hospital’s trauma center, according to police.

At least one person has been killed, police reported.

No additional shots have been fired since initial shooting, police say

Wednesday 3 May 2023 19:02 , Alex Woodward

A gunman has not fired any additional shots since the initial shooting incident, according to police.

Georgia state Senator Josh McLorin said he was inside a nearby restaurant during the shooting. Police told people inside to shelter in place.

“It’s confusion, it’s uncertaintly, it’s fear. We’re just going to continue to do what we’re told,” he told Atlanta’s 11Alive-TV.

A witness on his lunch break recalls police telling him to shelter in place

Wednesday 3 May 2023 18:59 , Alex Woodward

A man who works in a nearby building said he was preparing to leave for his lunch break when police told him to stay inside the building during what became an active shooter situtation.

“It’s really nerve wracking,” he told ABC News.

“What could you do?” he said. “I went to start looking up to make sure nobody wasn’t hanging a rifle out of one of these windows ... I went to put my back against the wall and do whatever the officesr told me to do at the time.”

Nearly 200 mass shootings within first five months of 2023

Wednesday 3 May 2023 18:48 , Alex Woodward

There have been at least 189 mass shootings in the US within the first five months of 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

The organisation considers a mass shooting as an incident in which a “minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed, not including any shooter who may also have been killed or injured in the incident”.

One person found dead at scene, three others transported hospital

Wednesday 3 May 2023 18:44 , Alex Woodward

Atlanta police have reported that one person was fatally shot near a downtown hospital facility shortly before 1pm ET.

Three others were sent to nearby hospitals.

“The suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached,” according to police.

Atlanta police release surveillance images showing suspect

Wednesday 3 May 2023 18:42 , Alex Woodward

Atlanta Police Department released the following images of a person believed to be responsible for killing at least one person and injuring three others on Wednesday:

Hunt for gunman as one dead and three wounded in mass shooting at Atlanta hospital

Wednesday 3 May 2023 18:40 , Alex Woodward

One person was shot and killed and three injured inside a building in midtown Atlanta and an “active shooter” remains on the loose, police in the city have confirmed.

One dead and three injured as active shooter remains on loose in midtown Atlanta