

The Fulton County medical examiner’s office identified her as Amy St. News of the shooting prompted workers and lunchgoers in the neighborhood, which is filled with office towers and high-rise apartments, to shelter in place for hours.Ī 39-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said. Patterson then went to a Shell gas station and took a pickup truck that had been left running and unattended, authorities said.

Patterson had an appointment at a Northside Medical building and opened fire shortly after arriving in an attack that lasted about two minutes, law enforcement officials said at a news conference Wednesday night. declined to discuss any details of the investigation or a possible motive, saying, “Why he did what he did, all of that is still under investigation.” Police said in a statement that the suspect, whom they identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson, was captured in Cobb County, just northwest of Atlanta.Ītlanta Police Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr.

Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read The Free. Workers and others in a bustling commercial district took shelter for hours during the manhunt.Īuthorities swarmed the city’s midtown neighborhood shortly after noon in search of the shooter. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. ATLANTA (AP) - Police arrested a man accused of opening fire inside the waiting room of an Atlanta medical practice Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding four.
