'We've had a successful end to a traumatic day. Police had lifted a shelter-in-place advisory for midtown Atlanta earlier Wednesday afternoon but advised community members to avoid the area and remain alert. Secret Service were involved in the search, Schierbaum said. Several law enforcement agencies were involved, including Atlanta and Cobb County police, the FBI and U.S. Cobb County Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer said license plate-surveilling cameras and other technology was instrumental in the search. The hourslong investigation, which officials said was at times chaotic, included tips from community members and information given by Patterson's family members.

Hampton said after the arrest that the handgun Patterson used was recovered. He exited the building after only a couple minutes and went on foot to a nearby gas station, where he commandeered a pickup truck that had been left unattended and left the area, Hampton said.

Patterson had an appointment at the facility and started shooting in the waiting area, Atlanta Deputy Chief of Investigations Charles Hampton said. Police received a call of shots fired on the 11th floor of Northside Hospital's Midtown location just after noon Wednesday, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said in a news conference. He was booked at Fulton County Jail and faces one charge of murder and four counts of aggravated assault, jail records show. The Atlanta Police Department confirmed the suspect, Deion Patterson, was apprehended in Cobb County. The 24-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting one woman and injuring four others inside a waiting room at a hospital in Atlanta before carjacking a vehicle and fleeing the scene was apprehended Wednesday evening after an hourslong search, police said.

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