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| Shooting inside Atlanta building leaves 1 dead, 4 injured | ||
| 2023-05-03 | ||
Authorities had swarmed the city’s bustling midtown neighborhood earlier in the day in search of the suspect, who fled after the shooting. Police said in a statement that the gunman, who they identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson, was captured Wednesday evening. Authorities did not immediately release additional information about where Patterson was found. Authorities said Patterson stole a vehicle and drove away after shooting five women on the 11th floor of a Northside medical building shortly after noon. The facility is in a commercial area filled with office towers and high-rise apartments and news of the shooting prompted workers and lunchgoers to shelter in place for hours.
Hours after the shooting, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens told reporters the surviving victims “are fighting for their lives at Grady Hospital.” Patterson's mother, Minyone Patterson, told The Associated Press by phone that her son, a former Coast Guardsman, had “some mental instability going on” from medication he received from the Veterans Affairs health system that he began taking on Friday. She said she didn't know where her son was. She said her son had wanted Ativan to deal with anxiety and depression but that the VA wouldn't give it to him because they said it would be "too addicting." She's a nurse and said she told them he would only have taken the proper dosage “because he listened to me in every way.” “Those families, those families,” she said, starting to sob. “They’re hurting because they wouldn’t give my son his damn Ativan. Those families lost their loved ones because he had a mental break because they wouldn’t listen to me.” She ended the call without saying what medication her son had been taking. “We are horrified and saddened to hear of the active shooter situation in Atlanta today,” Veterans Affairs Press Secretary Terrence Hayes said in an emailed statement. “Due to patient privacy, we cannot discuss the Veteran’s personal information without written consent.” | ||
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #4 Deion Patterson has been apprehended. https://www.foxnews.com/us/atlanta-active-shooter-situation-leaves-multiple-people-injured-police-say |
| Posted by: lord garth 2023-05-03 20:53 |
| #3 Valedictorian. https://twitter.com/Atlanta_Police/status/1653833540432281600 |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-05-03 19:54 |
| #2 My sister works in that building downtown, thank goodness she was remote today |
| Posted by: Beavis 2023-05-03 18:27 |
| #1 Shooter identified: Suspect Name - DEION PATTERSON DOB: 10/98 Damned Amish again |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-05-03 14:49 |