Atlanta shooting suspect captured after Midtown attack that left at least 1 dead and 4 injured

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The man accused of killing one woman and injuring four others in a shooting Wednesday in Atlanta has been arrested following an hours-long manhunt, police said.

Deion Patterson, 24, was identified as the man who allegedly shot five women around midday Wednesday in a waiting room on an upper floor of Northside Hospital, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum told reporters during a press conference. He said it was too soon to know whether the victims were targeted, and it wasn't immediately clear if the victims were patients or hospital employees.

Patterson apparently became agitated as he was waiting for an appointment, a law enforcement source told CBS News' Pat Milton. He then pulled out a handgun and began shooting, striking the five women.

In a tweet, Northside Hospital said it was "cooperating with law enforcement" following the shooting at its Midtown location.

A 39-year-old woman died at the scene of the shooting and four other women were taken to a hospital for treatment, Schierbaum told reporters. Three patients were in critical condition and one was in stable condition, according to Grady Memorial Hospital.

The injured women ranged in age between 25 and 71 years old, Schierbaum said.

The suspect was seen by a license plate-scanning camera about 12:30 p.m. north of Midtown, in the area around Interstate-75 and Interstate-285, at a parking garage near The Battery and close to Truist Park, Cobb County public information office Sgt. Wayne Delk said during an early evening news conference before he had been apprehended.

The suspect is believed to have carjacked a vehicle to flee the scene as authorities responded to the shooting, Schierbaum said. Authorities believe they've recovered the vehicle, the police chief said.

The suspect's family has been cooperating with authorities, Schierbaum said.

The chief described the suspect's prior contact with the Atlanta Police Department as "minimal." A U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson said the suspect entered the Coast Guard in July 2018 and was discharged in January 2023, CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports.

Shortly after 12:30 p.m., police said they were responding to an "active shooter situation" in the area and urged people to shelter in place. Just after 3 p.m., police said the shelter-in-place order was lifted.

Authorities searched every floor of the medical building for possible additional victims, Schierbaum said.

A woman who lives in Midtown told CBS affiliate WANF-TV that it was a "very sad day."

"I'm not going to live in fear because I love this community," the woman said. "I'm just sad that this happened in Atlanta and it's happening all over the world."