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

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.¹
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.²
Dozens of police and fire vehicles were gathered along West Peachtree Street as officers with assault-style rifles, helmets, and vests continued to arrive more than an hour after the shooting. Police also urged those in the area to shelter in place.³
Local television reported that "multiple agencies including Atlanta police, Atlanta fire, MARTA [Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority] police, Georgia Tech police and the Georgia State Patrol" all responded to the scene.⁴
One of the injured victims was said to still be in the emergency department, though no other information on the others has been given. The previous ban on entering the hospital has also been lifted.⁵
According to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, there have been 189 mass shootings in America so far this year, which the GVA defines as when "a minimum of four victims shot, either injured or killed, not including any shooter."³

Left narrative, as provided by The Enquirer. 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.
Right narrative, as provided by The Washington Times. 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.
Cynical narrative, as provided by Los Angeles Times. 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.