up police are here. it s still very much an active scene even though this perimeter has softened up. there s still several police department officers outside of the north side medical center where the shooting unfolded where 24-year-old deion patterson is alleged to have opened fire killing at least one person, all of them women ranging from 25 years old to 71 years old. the deceased is a 39-year-old woman. we re told that shortly after the shooting unfolded here, that individual carjacked somebody nearby just a few blocks away, and that vehicle was recovered in cobb county which speaks to why that law enforcement presence is actively looking for patterson in the area, so very much so an active manhunt with this individual considered to be extremely dangerous and of course armed as well. thank you. let s discuss with our law enforcement experts, former philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey, former secret service agent jonathan wak row and erica shields. it s been
more hours, so my hope is that they can wrap this up and not get fatigued. chief ramsey, it s been about five hours since the shooting happened. i tried to ask you this earlier and we got cut off by the press conference, so let me try again. how critical is it that the police find the suspect before sundown or in the next few hours? well, obviously it s better if you re able to get this as quickly as possible . daylight is always better. nighttime does present a different set of challenges, but right now you have a full blown manhunt going on. you have all the different police agencies, federal agencies, state, local, working this. erica just described an area now where the person was seen, that at least gives you an area to start a grid type search to try to find this individual. you know, why didn t he choose to go to cobb county? does he have friends there? does he have relatives there? he s on the run. people like that tend to reach