Police arrest suspect in Midtown Atlanta mass shooting; 1 dead, 4 wounded

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens addresses the media after a shooting on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, inside a building on West Peachtree Street, between 12th and 13th Streets. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Updated May 4 at 8:11 a.m.

Police arrested a man accused of opening fire inside the waiting room of an Atlanta medical practice Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding four. Workers and others in a bustling commercial district took shelter for hours during the manhunt.

Authorities swarmed the city’s Midtown neighborhood shortly after noon in search of the shooter. Police said in a statement that the suspect, whom they identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson, was captured in Cobb County, just northwest of Atlanta.