Amy St Pierre: Woman who was killed by mass shooter in Atlanta hospital identified as CDC worker
ATLANTA, GEORGIA: A woman who was shot to death in an Atlanta hospital in a mass shooting has been identified as Amy St Pierre who was an employee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 39-year-old woman was killed on Wednesday, Amy 4 at Northside Hospital Medical Midtown after 24-year-old Deion Patterson opened fire at the place.
St Pierre's death in the shooting was also confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a statement following her death, the agency spokesman Benjamin Haynes said, "CDC is deeply saddened by the unexpected loss of a colleague killed today in the Midtown Atlanta shooting. Our hearts are with her family, friends, and colleagues as they remember her and grieve this tragic loss," reported New York Post.
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According to the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office, the alleged shooter's mother Minyone Patterson took him for an appointment at the facility on the day of the shooting. Later, the gunman whom his mother said is a former Coast Guardsman opened fire in the medical center waiting room killing St Pierre and injuring four other women.
Three of the wounded victims who were shifted to nearby Grady Memorial Hospital were in critical condition, said Dr Robert Jansen, Grady Health System Chief Medical Officer. He was caught "without incident" after hours of manhunt as he fled the scene on foot. He was taken into custody at a condominium complex outside Atlanta's suburban Cobb County, stated Cobb County police Chief Stuart VanHooze. No further details of the shooting have been disclosed and the motive behind the killings remains unclear. "Why he did what he did, all of that is still under investigation," said Atlanta Police Deputy Chief Charles Hampton Jr.
Patterson had 'some mental instability going on'
Talking to the Associated Press, the alleged shooter's mother Minyone who is a nurse said that her son had "some mental instability going on" after taking the medication the Veteran Affairs health system gave him on Friday, April 28. She claimed they did not give him the medication for dealing with anxiety and depression but it was not provided to him as it would be "too addicting." "The damn VA gave him some messed up medication, and all he wanted was an Ativan," she said.
Recalling the tragic incident, Minyone tearfully said, "Those families, those families. They’re hurting because they wouldn’t give my son his damn Ativan. Those families lost their loved ones because he had a mental break because they wouldn’t listen to me."
