The fourth patient is still in the trauma unit.Ī 39-year-old woman was killed in the shooting in the hospital waiting room on the 11th floor, with four other women - aged 71, 56, 39 and 26 - all injured. Hospital officials confirmed that three of the injured people underwent surgery - one was shot in the arm, one in the face, and a third in the abdomen.
Patterson's hijacked vehicle was spotted near Truist Park and The Battery in Cobb County, CNN reported on Wednesday evening.Ĭobb County police officers announced his arrest shortly after. 'So you will be hearing more from me on this.'ĭickens called for a crackdown on illegal guns and drug sales, as well as focus on supporting young people and improving access to job opportunities and mental health care. But we need more action for our citizens to be able to go about their lives - to go to the doctors' office, the supermarket, school, the gas station, without the thought of being gunned down. 'We hear a lot about Second Amendment rights. He called for universal background checks and closing loopholes. 'We need immediate action that meets the scale of this crisis.' 'We have a national epidemic of gun violence,' said Dickens. He then hijacked a car and disappeared, sparking an intense search. She said they went together to the hospital to get him anxiety medicine, and he opened fire. Patterson, who left the Coast Guard in January after five years, was identified by his mother as the suspect, shortly after the shooting.
He was taken from Cobb County to Atlanta for questioning, the station reported. He praised the police and medical professionals.įootage aired by local news station 11 Alive showed Patterson shortly after he was arrested at a condominium building, being escorted in handcuffs to an Atlanta police vehicle. But equally horrifying is knowing that this is not unique in the country.' 'Hats off to everyone who was involved in this and all of the technological foundation that was laid.'Īndre Dickens, the mayor of Atlanta, said: 'This was a horrifying act of gun violence. 'It does not work without a cooperative community,' said Stuart VanHoozer, chief of Cobb County police. Police would not say whether it was legally owned. Police in Georgia have arrested a man accused of opening fire inside an Atlanta hospital, killing one woman and injuring four.Īuthorities in Cobb County, Georgia, announced shortly before 8pm that Deion Patterson, 24, had been caught following a seven-hour manhunt.Īn undercover officer spotted Patterson and called for backup, Atlanta police said.Ī handgun was recovered.
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