Washington. The Atlanta Police Department, capital of the US state of Georgia, has said to have detained a suspect involved in a mass shooting incident here a day earlier.
Police say they have taken a suspect into custody, Deion Patterson, 24, involved in Wednesday night’s attack that opened fire at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, killing one person and wounding four others.Hospital The hospital will remain closed on Thursday following the incident, sources said.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday afternoon that US President Joe Biden is “concerned” by the continuing incidents of mass shootings in the country. According to the Gun Violence Archive, the total number of mass shootings in the US so far this year 190 incidents have happened.
The website’s data shows that more than 14,200 people have lost their lives due to violence using guns across the country in the past several months.
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