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He Came to Get a Haircut..Update on Active Shooter Situation in Atlanta. [1]
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Date: 2023-05-03
There is a confirmed active shooter in midtown Atlanta. Because details are so few, I will link some tweets before I start digging.
x Came to get a haircut. Found myself in the middle of an active shooter situation in Midtown Atlanta. I’m safe.. for now. We are to shelter in place.
Cops still have not got suspect in custody yet. Praying for everyone in harms way at Northside Facility. @Atlanta_Police 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/u0p39h6r3F — Brian A M Green (@Brian_AM_Green) May 3, 2023
x I just walked into some bs. Just trying to go for a walk to get out the house. Had to run home. Jesus!! #Midtown #Atlanta pic.twitter.com/cH3vezJ29r — Candice Jackson (@CandiceSharisse) May 3, 2023
x #BREAKING: Atlanta police have issued a shelter in place order while they investigate a report of an active shooter in Midtown. Multiple people have been injured, police confirmed.
https://t.co/2OezyfmCWg — Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) May 3, 2023
x JUST IN: Atlanta police are responding to an active shooter incident inside an office building. There are reports of multiple injuries.
https://t.co/rerkD3YgR5 — CNN (@CNN) May 3, 2023
I must emphasize that police are asking civilians to stay away from the scene. More as details warrant.
-ROC
Update: Authorities believe at least one dead with three injured, but this is preliminary.
Here are what is said to be images of the suspect:
x BOLO - Suspect is still at large. pic.twitter.com/M8GkXa8dmM — Atlanta Police Department (@Atlanta_Police) May 3, 2023
-ROC
CNN has more details:
One person is dead and four others have been taken to the hospital, the Atlanta Police Department said Wednesday, as authorities continue to search for a gunman who they said shot multiple people at Northside Hospital Medical in Midtown. Police issued a “be on the lookout” for the suspect, telling CNN the suspect is known to them and remains at large. ..The shooting occurred after a man became enraged during a trip to the medical facility, according to police. A source told CNN the man was visiting the medical facility with his mother Wednesday.
-ROC
According to the link provided by Mathy Kathy below, (Thank you) there have been:
229 U.S. mass shootings in 2023
5364 mass shootings since 1/1/2013
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