Here is what we know about the deadly Midtown Atlanta shooting

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - UPDATE: The 24-year-old man who was wanted in connection to the deadly Midtown Atlanta shooting on Wednesday afternoon has been arrested and is in custody, officials confirmed to Atlanta News First.

The U.S. Marshals office and Cobb County Police said the alleged shooter, 24-year-old Deion Patterson, was in custody as of 8 p.m. Patterson faces multiple charges including murder and aggravated assault. He is currently being held at Fulton County jail.

Atlanta News First spoke directly to the mother of the suspected Northside Medical Center shooter. She issued an apology to the city of Atlanta. She also apologized to the victim’s families. Her full statement is as follows:

First and foremost, I want to give my sincere, sincere apology to the families that were injured and killed. My son was always a protector. No one that would hurt anybody. And even in his time of need, he was still trying to help others. That’s just the person he’s always been. A happy, beautiful child. Always. He doesn’t know. He doesn’t know right now. Please. This mental illness is real, and when we say it’s real, from the medical standpoint, it is real. And when someone is saying they need help, or you see that they are acting out of sorts, they need help. Help them, just don’t disregard them. They need help, and as I’m trying to advocate for my son he was turned away. Just be careful.
Minyone Patterson, Mother of Deion Patterson, Suspected Northside Medical Center Midtown Shooter

CDC Director of Medicine confirmed to Atlanta News First that St. Pierre was an employee.

“CDC is deeply saddened by the unexpected loss of a colleague killed today in the Midtown Atlanta shooting. Our hearts are with her family, friends, and colleagues as they remember her and grieve this tragic loss,” officials said.

ORIGINAL STORY: Atlanta officials, including Mayor Andre Dickens and Chief of Atlanta Police Darin Schierbaum, provided an update on the shooting at a Midtown medical building that killed a 39-year-old woman and injured four people.

HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW:

The shooting happened in the waiting room of a medical building at 1100 West Peachtree Street a building that houses several medical offices and is operated by Northside Hospital.
Atlanta police department officials identified the alleged shooter as 24-year-old Deion Patterson. He was captured and taken into custody just before 8 p.m. after an hours-long manhunt, the U.S. Marshals office confirmed.

Police have identified the suspect in the shooting a Atlanta medical building as 24-year-old... — Police have identified the suspect in the shooting a Atlanta medical building as 24-year-old Deion Patterson. Police said he remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.(Atlanta Police Department)

Chief Schierbaum said five individuals were shot in total and a 39-year-old woman was killed in the shooting. “Out of those who were injured are a 71-year-old female, a 56-year-old female, a 39-year-old woman, and a 25-year-old woman,” he said.
Mayor Dickens said that he’s spoken to Gov. Brian Kemp, a congressional delegation of senators, and congresspeople, and he has been in touch with White House officials. He expects to be in touch with the families of the victims.
Chief Schierbaum said officials believe Patterson stole a vehicle a short distance away from where the shooting took place and he drove off. “We are aware of a vehicle carjacked from 14th Street and Williams Street, not long after the shooting,” Atlanta Police said in a statement. “The vehicle has since been recovered by our law enforcement partners in Cobb County.”
Multiple law enforcement agencies across the region are working together on this case including police officials in Fulton County, Cobb County, City of Atlanta police, Atlanta school police, GBI, FBI, MARTA police, the Secret Service, and other local police agencies.
Provided an update and said the Atlanta police department extends their condolences and well wishes to the victims and the families of the victims in the shooting.
Anyone with information on the suspect’s whereabouts is asked to call 911. Police said he is believed to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached. Crime Stoppers has increased their reward up to $10,000 in this case.
Officials advised that Patterson is believed to be armed and dangerous and to call 9-1-1 immediately if they see him and avoid approaching him.
Officials said that Crime Stoppers has increased their reward up to $10,000 in this case.
Cobb County Police officials confirmed that the car the suspect allegedly stole was found near The Battery.
The suspect was captured and arrested just before 8 p.m., officials confirmed to Atlanta News First. to

Mayor Dickens released an official statement saying in part:

I thank the Atlanta Police Department for their response today. I’d also like to thank all our law enforcement partners from across this region you see standing behind me and with me—the Police Chief of Cobb County, as well as the Fulton County Sheriff, APD’s Chief, as well as our Fire Rescue Chief Smith.
I want to also thank our local college police offices, also our Atlanta Public Schools police offices, as well as neighboring jurisdictions, the State of Georgia, and the Federal government for their support today. We also had strong coordination with our Fire Rescue and emergency medical personnel. And last but not least, we must thank our E-911 operators who spent the day fielding calls as we tracked this suspect. I am pleased to share with you that thanks to our strong partnership with Cobb County Police Department, law enforcement has taken the suspect into custody.
Thanks to the highly trained police officers across our region, we were able to bring this suspect into custody without further harm. He will be charged and stand trial for his crimes. Not only did law enforcement bring this man into custody, but they also kept our community safe during an enormously tense afternoon and evening. I want to thank our citizens for keeping calm, staying in place, and providing critical information to law enforcement throughout the day. Again, I want to thank all our law enforcement agencies for their cooperation and professional police work today. As you can see, this is a group project. This took multiple jurisdictions working together. Highly trained officers not only found this suspect but brought him into custody to stand trial. So thanks to the professional and trained law enforcement in our region, this is an instance where justice is the case of the day.
But that doesn’t change the fact that one woman died, and there are four more in the hospital just a few blocks away from here fighting for their lives. I want to thank Grady Hospital. The care that they’ve given immediately to those four individuals—those four women are now on the mend. That’s because of the outstanding work of our trauma center and the medical professionals at Grady.
This was a horrible act of gun violence. But equally horrifying is that we know this is not unique in our country. In 2023 alone, there have been nearly 200 reported instances of mass shootings in America. We have taken extraordinary measures in Atlanta to bring down violent crime in this city. We’ve enhanced our policing. We’ve invested in non-policing activities that make our city safer. We’ve invested in the root causes of crime at the same time as we’re cracking down on repeat offenders who commit violence in our community. Those measures have produced great results. Before today, we were down 26% in violent crime across the city. And those are not just stats. Those are real people, real people who are not going to be victims of violence. But we know there is more that needs to be done.
What more can we do as a city? What more can we do as a community? As a state? As a nation? We have a national epidemic of gun violence in America.
And we have a serious problem with how we are treating mental health in this nation. One thing we know is that it doesn’t have to be this way. Other nations have challenges with mental health, but they don’t have nearly this level of gun violence that we do in America. It’s the guns that we’re talking about.
We live in a state and in a nation where people have easy and wide access to firearms that are used to kill other fellow Americans. We need immediate action that meets the urgency of this crisis. We need universal background checks and we need to close the gun purchase loopholes. We need better red flag laws that allow judges to remove guns from people who pose risks. We need to do everything we can to ensure that folks who shouldn’t have guns can’t get them.
There’s a lot of talk about Second Amendment rights. We need more actions about the rights of our citizens to go about their lives—to go to a doctor’s office, to a supermarket, to a gas station, or to their school—without the threat of being gunned down. We all need to do our part to stop these horrific acts from happening again and again.
But today, we are grateful for the women and men who brought this to a close—the team of people who back up the team of people that you see standing here. And our prayers are with the victims and with the families tonight.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens

Atlanta News First Investigates has learned Patterson’s most recent address is in Jonesboro, 20 miles south of Atlanta. Court records also show he has lived in Hanover, Maryland, near Baltimore-Washington International Airport.

Records show Patterson was charged in 2017 in Clayton County with DUI; leaving the scene; improper lane; and no insurance. Prosecutors decided not to move forward with the case.

Atlanta Police are on the scene of an active shooter at a medical building in Midtown. (Atlanta... — Atlanta Police are on the scene of an active shooter at a medical building in Midtown. (Atlanta News First)(WANF)

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Atlanta Police are on the scene of an active shooter at a medical building in Midtown. (Atlanta... — Atlanta Police are on the scene of an active shooter at a medical building in Midtown. (Atlanta News First)(WANF)

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