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Is. These are images. This is the latest image that the Atlanta Police has released of the suspected shooter. Heres more. This appears to be him holding a gun. They warned the public, he is Armed And Dangerous. Joining me right now is catie beck, who is live for us in atlanta. Its good to have you here. Im sorry, we dont yet have catie beck. Lets go back to our panel. Terrorism analyst, and retired atf agent in charge, jim kavanaugh. National security analyst and special agent clint watts, and Nbc News National Security analyst frank figliuzzi, and frank worked with the fbi in atlanta. Im going to begin with you again, and lets talk about this carjacking that the police are looking at. It happened in the blocks surrounding this Medical Center in mid ....
we are following two major stories unfolding aat this hour. in texas, a killer revealed. we re learning more details about the gunman in the deadly shooting, eight people shot. a car hit a group of people outside a homeless shelter outside brownsville, texas. but we begin this hour in allen, texas. first, a warning that some of the things you re about to see are disturbing. cnn obtained this photo that appears to show the dead shooter heavily armed and dressed in tactical gear. a senior law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells cnn that the suspect, the gunman, is 33-year-old mauricio garcia. a dash cam video captures the moment the killer hops out of his car. we re pausing it before you see him gun down men, women, and children on that by busy sidewalk at that outlet mall. this is the sound of terror and gunshots and people frantically running for cover. a police officer already at the mall on an unrelated call kills the gunman. ed lavin deare row ....
when he became agitated and this is and you see in a photo here this was actually taken from the scene. this is a photo provided from police, and police are saying that following or in the middle of that appointment is when this all played out. i do want to bring in andrew mccabe to talk a little bit about what we are seeing and some of the outstanding questions, because at this point you have a search, an all-out search, that authorities are conducting at this point in time, but also they do not know where this individual is, andy, and so that creates a potentially very broad area as they are looking for this person. that s exactly right, brianna. so let s think first in terms of the area that s currently within the perimeter, the area that s shut down. even that is a large, large area to search carefully, so you have tactical teams that have to literally go through every single space or container that could hold a human being. so it s every hallway, every room, ....
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 wai ....
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 vici ....