警方称，周三，一名持枪男子在亚特兰大医疗中心候诊室大规模开枪，造成一人死亡，四人受伤。
警方周三晚上表示，经过一个小时的追捕，24岁的嫌犯Deion Patterson被逮捕。
警方称，嫌疑人已被抓获
亚特兰大警方称，经过一个小时的追捕，嫌疑人Deion Patterson已被逮捕。
警方计划在晚上8点15分举行新闻发布会
警方称，枪击后不久，嫌犯出现在科布县
科布县警方表示，Deion Patterson在美国东部时间下午12点30分左右出现在该县的视频中，大约在枪击发生后20分钟，但尚不清楚他是否仍在该地区。
科布县警官韦恩·德尔克(Wayne Delk)在新闻发布会上说，在得知帕特森可能在该地区后，他的团队检查了flock摄像头，“确实发现车辆进入了科布县”，位于亚特兰大中城西北部，枪击事件发生在那里。
“大约在下午12点30分，我们确实在这个地区发现了一个似乎是嫌疑人的东西，这就是为什么我们有这么多的存在，”德尔克说。
警方直到下午2:30左右才发现录像，德尔克承认尚不清楚帕特森是否仍在该县。
“他可能还在这个地区，”他说。
德尔克说，亚特兰大警方在一个停车场找到了据信帕特森驾驶的车辆。
3名患者仍然“病危”
Grady Health的首席医疗官罗伯特·詹森(Robert Jansen)博士表示，在医疗机构候诊室被枪击受伤的四名女性中，有三人被认为“病情危急”，正在重症监护病房。
詹森说，受伤最严重的病人仍在手术室，而第二名受害者已经完成了手术。
他说，另一名受害者接受了介入放射学程序，该程序用于修复血管损伤，未来将需要更多的程序。
他说，第四名患者被认为是稳定的。
参议员沃诺克为他的家乡感到悲伤，恳求国会采取行动
D-Ga参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克。在最近一次袭击美国的大规模枪击事件发生后，他在参议院发表了热情洋溢的演讲，这次事件发生在他的“后院”。
“我今天站起来，为我的家乡感到震惊和悲伤，”沃诺克说。
沃诺克指出，在追捕亚特兰大枪手的过程中，他的两个孩子周三被锁在学校里。
“我们表现得好像这很正常——这不正常。我们不应该生活在一个任何人都不安全的国家，不管他们在哪里。我们在学校不安全。我们在工作场所不安全。我们在杂货店不安全。我们在电影院不安全。我们在温泉不安全。我们在教堂里不安全。避难所里没有避难所。我们在音乐会上不安全。我们在银行不安全。我们在游行时不安全。我们在自己的院子里和自己的家里都不安全，”他说。"现在，今天，我们可以把医疗设施添加到这个列表中."
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警察在北边家庭医疗区的枪击现场工作
他警告说，“这种悲剧来敲你的门只是时间问题。”
作为一名牧师，沃诺克说，“我在为那些受到这场悲剧影响的人祈祷，”但他强调，“说你在思考和祈祷，却什么都不做，这是一种矛盾。……我们通过采取行动来祈祷。”
沃诺克说，他正在“恳求”国会同事通过更严格的枪支改革，“尽我们所能保护我们所有人，当然还有我们所有的孩子。”
Atlanta mass shooting live updates: Suspect apprehended after manhunt
A gunman killed one and wounded four others in a mass shooting in an Atlanta medical center waiting room on Wednesday, police said.
The suspect, identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson, was apprehended following an hourslong manhunt, police said Wednesday night.
Suspect has been captured, police say
The suspect, Deion Patterson, has been apprehended following an hourslong manhunt, Atlanta police said.
Police plan to hold a press briefing at 8:15 p.m.
Suspect seen in Cobb County shortly after shooting, police say
Police in Cobb County said Deion Patterson was seen on video in the county around 12:30 p.m. ET, roughly 20 minutes after the shooting, though it's unclear if he's still in the area.
Cobb County Police Sgt. Wayne Delk said during a press briefing that after learning Patterson might be in the area, his team checked flock cameras and "did discover that the vehicle had entered Cobb County," located northwest of Midtown Atlanta, where the shooting occurred.
"Around 12:30 p.m., we did spot what appeared to be a suspect in this area, which is why we have such a heavy presence," Delk said.
Police did not discover the video footage until around 2:30 p.m., and Delk acknowledged it's unclear if Patterson is still in the county.
"He might still be in the area," he said.
The vehicle Patterson was believed to be driving was recovered by Atlanta police in a parking garage, Delk said.
3 patients remain 'critically ill'
Of the four women who were shot and injured in the medical facility waiting room, three of them are considered "critically ill" and are in the intensive care unit, according to Dr. Robert Jansen, the chief medical officer at Grady Health.
The most seriously injured patient remains in the operating room, Jansen said, while a second victim has completed an operation.
Another victim underwent an interventional radiology procedure, which is used to repair vascular injuries, and will need more procedures in the future, he said.
The fourth patient is considered stable, he said.
Sen. Warnock, in grief for his home state, begs Congress to take action
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., gave a passionate speech on the Senate floor in the wake of the latest mass shooting to strike the nation, this one unfolding in his "own backyard."
"I rise today in shock and sorrow and in grief for my home state," Warnock said.
Warnock noted that his two children were under lockdown at school on Wednesday amid the ongoing hunt for the Atlanta gunman.
"We behave as if this is normal -- it is not normal. It is not right for us to live in a nation where nobody is safe, no matter where they are. We're not safe in our schools. We're not safe in our workplaces. We're not safe at the grocery store. We're not safe at movie theaters. We're not safe at spas. We're not safe in our houses of worship. There is no sanctuary in the sanctuary. We're not safe at concerts. We're not safe at banks. We're not safe at parades. We're not safe in our own yards and in our own homes," he said. "And now, today, we can add medical facilities to that list."
He warned, "It's only a matter of time that this kind of tragedy comes knocking on your door."
As a pastor, Warnock said, "I'm praying for those who are affected by this tragedy," but he stressed, "It is a contradiction to say that you are thinking and praying and do nothing. … We pray by taking action."
Warnock said he's "pleading" with his colleagues in Congress to pass stricter gun reforms to "do everything we can to protect all of us and certainly all of our children."
