Northside Medical Midtown to remain closed Thursday after shooting killed 1, injured 4

ATLANTA — Northside Medical Midtown announced they will be closed Thursday after Wednesday’s active shooter incident.

Hospital officials said on Twitter that all patient appointments will be canceled in addition to being closed on May 4.

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The closure comes after someone opened fire in the waiting room of a Northside Hospital medical office on Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding four others.

The accused shooter, 24-year-old Deion Patterson, was taken into custody in Cobb County just before 8 p.m. Wednesday.

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“You know, living in Atlanta, we hear things like this happening all the time,” Cassidy Hale, a hospital employee, said. “I think everybody was just really in shock. I think everyone is just trying to process what’s going on.”

Hale was just arriving at the building and told Channel 2′s Michael Seiden that she tried getting in and then got a phone call from a co-worker telling her to get back into her car.

“There’s an active shooter; go back in your car and just stay there,” Hale said is what her co-worker told her.

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She said she sat in her car for about 15 minutes and watched officers go car to car, sweeping the scene.

“They were kind of scaling the whole garage, checking each car, and they were like, ‘Come with us,’ and I was ushered out,” Hale said.

Hospital officials told patients to follow up with their providers to reschedule their appointments directly.

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