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
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and we ll continue our breaking news coverage. moments ago we got an update from atlanta police for the man hunt for a deadly mass shooting at a medical center. deion patterson should be considered armed and dangerous. he was at the building for an appointment when he became agitated. patterson started shooting in the waiting room and one person has been killed and four others injured and all of the victims women. within the last hour, atlanta police lifted the shelter in place order for the areas around the medical center. police say they believe patterson carjacked the vehicle near the scene of the shooting as police were responding. police have since found that car, but patterson was not in it. we are dealing with someone that is armed and dangerous. this is a deadly situation. this individual has just indeed conducted an act and we want to make sure that you know that if you see him do not approach, but you are to call 911. cnn s
stuff that might be more present here. so all of that s going on behind the scenes, but i m always intrigued by the decision making to shelter in place, release people and how confident you can be when you re releasing citizens into a safe area. tough decisions. for anybody just joining us, the top of the hour, we are following report of an active shooter in the midtown atlanta area. we have one person who has died at the scene. four people injured and taken to the hospital. the suspect still on the run. let s go ahead and listen to our local affiliate there, wxia. they are conducting an interview right now with sate senator josh mclauren who was having lunch in the area at the time. before i took this call, i was downstairs, there was an atlanta police officer who came through and reminded everyone we re still on lockdown. i m glad some people were able to be evacuated. we have seen cars leave the area. confusion, it s uncertainty, it s fear, and we re going to wait and
more serious treatment, to grady hospital or trauma treatment. civilians have been pushed back quite a ways and being here in downtown atlanta, a sense even of those not directly victimized by this, a sense of fear. this is wednesday, middle of the day, downtown atlanta, and now a huge police presence, shots fired, an hour later the shooter still at large. so, people are afraid and they are wondering what is happening in the heart of their city. john: and again, we asked the question of joe cardnellie do we know any specific area or danger posed by the person on the loose if he encountered someone, or are they just casting a net far and wide across the city as we see some pictures of you mentioned medical personnel exiting the building. some are wearing hair nets, may indicate they were involved in administering medical procedures at the time. again, this is an office building, it s not an actual hospital. northside hospital, the affiliated hospital is up at the intersectio