he s in custody. gary, what have we learned? reporter: just about ten minutes ago, a police officer here in cobb county, georgia, said the alleged gunman is under arrest. this gated community behind me in smyrna, georgia, northwest of the shootings, waterford place, there are police cars behind the gates. we were following them as we arrived. about five minutes down the road we saw the police cars zooming by. we followed them here, a police officer was sitting outside here. i asked him what was going on, he told me we have apprehended the suspect alive, no shootout, it appears he surrendered peacefully. there were about 100 police officers and s.w.a.t. vehicles next to the park where the atlanta braves play baseball. they re on the road tonight. the boundary, there are shops, restaurants and theaters next to the stadium. full of s.w.a.t. vehicles and police officers looking for the suspect. earlier in the day, the car believed this man hijacked was found in a parking lot in
to cnn s, garrett tuckerman. what we learned gary? anderson, just about ten minutes ago a police officer in cobb county georgia said the alleged gunman, diane patterson, is under arrest and this gated community behind me here in smyrna georgia, which is a suburb about 11 miles northwest of where the shootings happen today, this is waterfront place, there are police cars behind the gates as we speak. we know that because we are following them as we arrived. we were about five minutes down the road. we saw police cars swimming bias. we then followed them. we came here. a police officer was sitting down there. i asked him what is going on inside. he told me we have apprehended the suspect. and he is alive. there was no shootout. it appears that he surrendered peacefully. about an hour ago, there were about 100 police officers and swab the echoes about five minutes in this direction next to truist park, with the atlanta braves play baseball. the braves are playing on the road t
the day is now in police custody. authorities say the 24-year-old, dion patterson, a coast guard vet, was arrested in a condominium complex. patterson is accused of killing one and injuring four others just afternoon local time inside a waiting room in a hospital facility in midtown atlanta. gary tuchman is there. you ve been at the scene of the capture. what do you make of what police revealed and what are you learning from sources how it transpired? reporter: all right. we can give you additional information you haven t heard from the news conference. this man was captured in this waterford place condo community, gated, upscale community. because people had heard already it was likely this man was in cobb county, georgia, this is 11 miles northwest where the shooting happened, everyone was on alert. we talked to a woman inside here. we walked inside the complex and she heard two dogs barking inside loudly. they weren t stopping. she s heard them before but they kept barki
this train was almost 1.8 miles long and had 158 cars, 38 cars ultimately had derailed. 11 were containing hazardous material and there were some five toxic chemicals on board, including vinyl chloride. that s the one that has a lot of folks worried right now because even though it s colorless and you almost wouldn t know it or sense it or smell it, some can. and that was the one that would have normally alerted people along a path of the train carrying it that you ve got a train coming into town that s carrying it. now, there are different interpretations of the laws and requirements around that. be that as it may, norfolk southern has promised to provide whatever help the town needs. better that and million dollars has been distributed thus far and we don t know the details of that, but more money was coming. a lot of lawyers, some of whom i have been talking to, who are pondering class action suits saying that s a drop in the bucket with the obligation that norfolk souther
the soil. neil: all right. this we are sure. a lot of questions, but are we getting all the right answers? despite all of those positive comments, residents of east palestine still have a very unsettling feeling. everyone with authority keeps telling them that everything is okay. residents say they re not buying it. we ll talk to one that is getting sick of it. we ll get you covered with garrett tenney with how folks are dealing with and aishah hasnie on capitol hill where there s calls for heads to roll because of this. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it with garrett tenney in east palestine with the very latest. garrett? yeah, neil. what we re hearing today from a number of folks is that this visit by the epa administrator yesterday and nearly two weeks after this derailment is just another indication of how the administration is too little too late to this crisis. and there is still, as you mentioned, a lot of distrust over what officials are saying about how sa