Atlanta Active Shooting: At Least 1 Dead, Search for Suspect Underway

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The Facts

  • At least one person is dead and four others were taken to the hospital Tuesday after a gunman, suspected to be 24-year-old Deion Patterson, shot multiple people at Northside Hospital Medical in Midtown Atlanta, Ga. The suspect is still at large and police have released images of the suspect wearing a hoodie.

  • Police responded to calls about an active shooter around 12:30 p.m. local time. The photos released by police show the suspect, who was wearing a mask, walking into an office doorway and raising his arm to point what appeared to be a handgun.

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The Spin

Left narrative

This kind of recurrent gun violence is a uniquely American epidemic. How many innocent victims must die before gun laws are reformed? The US has more guns than any other country — essentially one gun for every citizen — and one of the highest gun-related death rates. This madness needs to stop with better regulation, including limiting who has access and the types of weapons they own.

The Enquirer

Right narrative

The anti-Second Amendment Gun Violence Archive likes to flash large quantities of so-called mass shootings in the hopes of persuading people to think there's a Columbine shooting every day. What these activist organizations don't mention is that almost all of these stem from gang disputes, neighborhood arguments, robberies, or domestic incidents that got out of control. Lone shooters indiscriminately killing students or hospital visitors account for less than 4% of them.

The Washington Times

Cynical narrative

Another day in the United States, another mass shooting. And just like all the previous tragic attacks, nothing will change based on the empty rhetoric of both sides. Mass shootings have become a part of America's landscape, and neither the left nor the right has enough political willpower to change that.

Los Angeles Times

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