Peachtree Center shooting: What we know | FOX 5 News

JUST >>COURTNEY: THE MORE WE FIND OUT THE MORE DISTURBING IT GETS. ROB. THANKS. JUST >>RUSS: MINUTES >>COURTNEY: BEFORE >>RUSS: THAT >>RUSS: CHASE >>COURTNEY: BEGAN, >>COURTNEY: POLICE >>COURTNEY: WERE ON THE SCENE OF A SHOOTING AT A DOWNTOWN ATLANTA FOOD COURT. POLICE SAY A CONVICTED FELON SHOT THREE PEOPLE THERE. >>RUSS: THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY AN ATLANTA POLICE OFFICER SHOT THAT SUSPECT. FOX FIVE'S MARY SMITH JOINS US LIVE OUTSIDE THE HUB AT PEACHTREE CENTER WITH THE LATEST DETAILS ON THAT. MARY. YEAH. >>REPORTER: WE'RE TOLD FOUR PEOPLE WERE SHOT HERE TODAY, INCLUDING THE SUSPECT. IT ALL HAPPENED HERE INSIDE A FOOD COURT OFF PEACHTREE STREET NORTHEAST. GUNFIRE >>>>: ERUPTED JUST AFTER 2 P.M. ON TUESDAY AT A FOOD COURT DOWNTOWN. THAT'S WHERE ATLANTA POLICE SAY A 34 YEAR OLD MAN ARMED WITH A HANDGUN GOT INTO A BRIEF ALTERCATION WITH SOMEONE, THEN SHOT THAT PERSON AND TWO OTHERS AFTER THE SUSPECT HAD SHOT THE THREE INDIVIDUALS HE WAS ENCOUNTERING AN ATLANTA POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS OFF DUTY WORKING AN EXTRA JOB OFFICER. THAT OFFICER ENGAGED HIM, OPENED FIRE, WAS ABLE WHILE THE PERPETRATOR STILL HAD THE GUN AND CITIZENS WERE STILL SEEKING SAFETY, TOOK THAT PERPETRATOR OUT OF THE OUT OF THE MIX TO BE ABLE TO INJURE ANYONE ELSE. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR OUR EXTRA JOB OFFICERS WORKING HERE AT THIS MALL LOCATION AT THE PEACHTREE CENTER. HE WAS THERE. HE WAS ON THE SCENE. HE WAS FOCUSED. HE KEPT HIS MIND ABOUT HIM, AND HE WAS ABLE TO BRING SAFETY TO ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THAT FOOD COURT. BY STOPPING THIS INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD ALREADY SHOT THREE PEOPLE. THE SUSPECT AND THREE VICTIMS WERE TRANSPORTED TO AREA HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT. THE VICTIMS WERE 47 YEAR OLD MAN FROM GRAYSON, A 69 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM EAST POINT AND A 70 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM ATLANTA. WE BELIEVE EVERYONE WILL SURVIVE AT THIS POINT. THOSE THAT WERE TAKEN TO GRADY HOSPITAL WERE CLASSIFIED AS CRITICAL. OFFICIALS SAY THE SUSPECT IS A CONVICTED FELON WHO SERVED PRISON TIME FOR AN ARMED ROBBERY. HE'S BEEN ARRESTED 11 TIMES. FOX FIVE SPOKE WITH PEOPLE AT THE SCENE. I WAS JUST COMING FROM A CONFERENCE AT THE GRAND CORTLAND WALK IN TO CENTENNIAL PARK HERE ARE A BUNCH OF COPS COMING. AND WE WERE STANDING OVER THERE AND THEY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. HE SHOT FOUR PEOPLE. WE WATCHED TWO PEOPLE GET WHEELED OUT, ONE ELDERLY MAN THAT HAD A BABY ON HIS LAP GONE TO THE AMBULANCE. >>REPORTER: AND AS YOU CAN SEE, POLICE ARE STILL HERE ON SCENE LATE TONIGHT. GBI HAS TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION SINCE THE CASE . IS AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING AS WE RECEIVE ANY NEW INFORMATION, WE WILL KEEP YOU

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Length: 2min 22sec (142 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 12 2024