you explain that straight ahead. but first, happening right now, a georgia man suspected of a deadly, deadly rampage earlier today at a local hospital has now been apria handed. thank god it with the very latest from atlanta, our own jonathan sorry, jonathan . hi there, sean. well, local authorities are holding a news conference as we speak, releasing details. police announcing that they have apprehended the suspect without incident, without any further violence. just outside the city of atlanta, northwest of atlanta, in a suburb of cobb county. they say 24 year old deion patterson fled there in a stolen vehicle after allegedly opening fire and a medical office waiting room here in midtown atlanta. it all started at 12 08 this afternoon when police received the call reporting an active shooter in an office building associated with northside hospital system. a 39 year old woman died at the scene. ambulance took the other four victims, also women ranging in age from 25 to 71
as well as a new video showing the police response to that massacre. a texas house committee investigating this may 24th shooting at robb elementary released a preliminary report on what it has learned so far. saying it found, quote, systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making. those systemic failures including three exterior doors that were unlocked, a classroom door with a faulty lock that nobody dealt with, wi-fi that was not working properly, and a force of nearly 400 law enforcement officers larger than the garrison that defended the alamo that did not have clear leadership, basic communication, significant urgency to take down this gunman. uvalde s mayor responding to the report by putting the city s acting police chief on administrative leave and releasing body cam footage showing the horror in the hallways and outside the school as well. i want to warn you, some of these images you re about to see, they are incredibly disturbing. [ gunshots ] am i green,
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nbc has obtained a copy has already condemned systemic failures and egregious poor decision making on the part of nearly 400 local state and federal law enforcement officers on the scene. at robb elementary on may 4th. let s go to nbc news correspondent, priscilla thompson. priscilla, you ve been in uvalde speaking with parents and anticipating where we may hear from this report that they just released. what are some of the big takeaway so far? one of the things that you already mentioned, the sheer amount of the police presence that was here on that day. we re talking about hundreds of officers from nearly two dozen agencies, from federal, state and local law enforcement. the majority of them where texas department of public safety and border patrol. we are also learning about what happened in regards to the incident command. there was a lot of talk over the past several weeks over the school police chief, pete arredondo, being the incident commander. what is clear in this r