In custody at this moment. I know this area very well, been number of years in atlanta, right across the highway from our atlanta bureau. So we have our correspondents on the scene there to tell us more as soon as they get it. But tragic way to start out wednesday. Sandra sometimes you get a whole lot of details up front and then quiet a bit, see what more we hear from the Atlanta Police department. Anyone in the area is asked to secure their buildings, shelterinplace, anyone not in that area, please stay away they are telling fox. They are going to continue to communicate through social media and we will update as soon as we get new information. John typically fairly safe area of atlanta, a number of years ago in a parking lot north of there, north of 14th street, this was a shooting, one person was killed, somebody was trying to steal a car. That was a number of years ago but dont normally hear about shootings in this area. Its a medical Office Building as we know it, connected with
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
we will explain that straight ahead. first, happening right now, a georgia man suspected of a deadly deadly rampage earlier today at a local hospital has now been apprehended thank god. here with the very latest from atlanta her own jonathan. jonathan? local authorities are holding a news conference releasing details announcing that they have apprehended the suspect without incident, without any further violence just outside the city of atlanta, northwest of atlanta, in the suburb of cobb county. they say 24 old deion patterson fled there in a stolen vehicle after allegedly opening fire in a medical office waiting room here in midtown atlanta and it all started at 12:08 when police received a call reporting an active shooter in an office building associated with northside hospital system. 39 real world died at the scene and ambulances to the other four victims also women ranging in age from 25 to 71. to the level and truman center at grady memorial hospital. two of them und
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patterson is a suspect. the man hunt underway right now. let s begin on the ground in atlanta with charles watson. hi, charles. good afternoon, gillian. at this point in this investigation, police are having folks here in the midtown area shelter in place. you can see here behind me there s heavy police presence out here. police are starting to condense this crime scene some and move it back closer to the building where the shooting is presumed to have happened. you mentioned just a few moments ago, police released the identity of a suspect, the man that police believe is behind the shooting that happened here in midtown this morning. he s identified as deon patterson. he is a 24-year-old man and police are asking folks to be on the lookout for patterson. urging the public not to approach him and call 911 instead because he is considered armed and dangerous. now, we just got an update from police a few moments ago. they said they were aware of a carjacking in the vicinity o