Atlanta mass shooting – latest: Midtown attack victim named as suspect charged with murder after manhunt
Amy St Pierre was killed when suspected gunman Deion Patterson opened fire at Midtown Atlanta’s Northside Hospital
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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.
Atlanta gunman found hiding near pool after barking dogs alerted neighbours, report says
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Deion Patterson was angry at ‘messed up’ meds before killing one and injuring three others, says mother
Who is Deion Patterson?
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.
ICYMI: Deion Patterson was angry at ‘messed up’ meds before killing one woman and injuring four others, says mother
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.
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Who are the victims of the Atlanta shooting?
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.
Raphael Warnock urges Congress to act on gun violence after Atlanta shooting: ‘None of us are safe’
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
The Georgia senator’s children were locked down in their schools during the manhunt
Gun control activists speak out after Atlanta shooting
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.”
Everything we know about the Atlanta mass shooting
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
The suspect in the Atlanta mass shooting was in the waiting room of a medical centre when he shot five women, killing one of them
‘Its the guns’: Atlanta Mayor releases statement calling for ‘national action’ on mental health and gun access
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."
Surviving victims of Atlanta shooting identified
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.