Atlanta PD release dramatic footage of arrest of man who opened fire in hospital

Atlanta PD today released a compilation of surveillance footage of the moments leading up to and hours after the Midtown hospital shooting that left one person dead and four injured earlier this month. 

On May 3, Deion Duwane Patterson entered the Northside Medical Midtown facility because he was dissatisfied with the care he was receiving from Veteran Affairs. 

He shot five women - injuring four and killing one - before fleeing. 

Amy St. Pierre, a 39-year-old employee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, died.  An eight-hour manhunt ensued, which ended in Patterson's arrest.

He is now in custody facing a single count of murder, and four counts of attempted murder. 

On May 3, Deion Duwane Patterson drove in his white pick-up truck to the Northside Medical Midtown in Atlanta 

Patterson is shown running across the highway towards the medical offices

Eight hours after the shooting, police zeroed in on him with their weapons drawn

This is the moment he was finally arrested, eight hours after the shooting began 

Today, police in Atlanta shared footage of their pursuit of him. They were able to hone in on the gunman so quickly by pinpointing the license plate they were looking for and scanning the city's cameras for it. 

Patterson's mother has since revealed he served in the Coast Guard in 2018, but struggled with mental health problems. 

Patterson's mother has since revealed he served in the Coast Guard in 2018, but struggled with mental health problems

She said he had wanted an Ativan prescription to deal with anxiety and depression but that the VA wouldn't give it to him, citing its addictive quality.

She claimed her son would have taken the proper dosage of the medication because 'he listened to me in every way.'

Crying, she went on, 'Those families, those families. They're hurting because they wouldn't give my son his damn Ativan.

'Those families lost their loves ones because he had a mental break because they wouldn't listen to me.'

The Coast Guard has confirmed that Patterson was enlisted with them in 2018, before being discharged from active duty in January 2023. 

It is unclear why he was discharged.

'Our deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families. 

'The Coast Guard Investigative Service is working closely with the Atlanta Police Department and local authorities in the investigation,' they said in a statement. 

Amy St. Pierre, a 39-year-old employee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, died