Tag: Atlanta

Suspect in 4 Georgia Deaths Is Killed in Shootout With Police, 3 Officers Wounded, Authorities Say

HAMPTON, Ga.—Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four-weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff’s deputy and two police officers wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said. Officials said Andre Longmore was shot during an intense manhunt for the 40-year-old suspect. The exchange…


Atlanta Police Motorcycles Burned in Fire Started by ‘Incendiary Devices,’ Officials Say

ATLANTA—Atlanta Police Department motorcycles were damaged in an intentional fire caused by devices set inside a training facility early Saturday, officials said. The Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department responded to reports of a multi-vehicle fire around 2:20 a.m. and found multiple motorcycles on fire, WANF-TV reported. Firefighters at the scene found “incendiary devices” used to…


Australia Signs Deal With US to Accelerate Vaccine Development

Queensland is hoping to create home-grown vaccines and become a major international vaccine hub after a partnership was announced at an international biotech conference in the U.S. on June 7. The partnership between the University of Queensland (UQ) and Emory University in Atlanta would make Queensland a centre for the Asia Pacific region, and a significant player…


3 Activists Against Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Hit With Money Laundering, Charity Fraud Charges

Three members of a left-wing activist organization protesting the building of a police complex in Atlanta, Georgia, were granted bond on Friday after their arrest for money laundering and charity fraud. A spokesperson for Attorney General Chris Carr’s office told The Epoch Times that the state discussed evidence in a hearing on Friday alleging that…


Most Infected in COVID Outbreak at CDC Were Vaccinated, Agency Confirms

A COVID-19 outbreak unfolded at a conference held by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) despite most attendees being vaccinated. About 1,800 CDC staffers and others gathered in April in a hotel in Atlanta, where the CDC is headquartered, for a conference focused on epidemiological investigations and strategies. On April 27, the…


Most Infected in COVID Outbreak at CDC Conference Were Vaccinated, Agency Confirms

A COVID-19 outbreak unfolded at a conference held by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) despite most attendees being vaccinated. About 1,800 CDC staffers and others gathered in April in a hotel in Atlanta, where the CDC is headquartered, for a conference focused on epidemiological investigations and strategies. On April 27, the…


Search for Teen in Philadelphia Ambush Zeroes in on Atlanta

PHILADELPHIA—The search is focusing on the Atlanta area for a teenage suspect in a 2022 ambush that killed a 14-year-old and wounded several other teenagers outside a Philadelphia high school after a football scrimmage, authorities said Monday. U.S. marshals in Philadelphia are working with their counterparts in the Southeast and are seeking help from the…


Atlanta Shooting Suspect Has Been Charged With Murder

ATLANTA—The suspect in a shooting in Atlanta that left one woman dead and four others wounded has been charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault, Fulton County Jail records show. Deion Patterson waived his first court appearance Thursday, a day after police say he opened fire in the waiting room…


1 Dead, 4 Wounded in Atlanta Shooting; Suspect Arrested

One woman was killed and four others were injured on May 3 in a shooting at a medical facility in Atlanta, police said. The shooting took place around noon inside a waiting room at Northside Hospital on West Peachtree Street Northwest, according to the Atlanta Police Department. The four injured women were rushed to Grady Hospital,…


Shooter at Large After Shooting Multiple People in Atlanta, Authorities Say

Multiple people have been injured in an active shooting in downtown Atlanta, authorities in Georgia said on May 3. The Atlanta Police Department said it was investigating an active shooter around 1110 West Peachtree Street Northwest, the site of a hospital. “We are aware of multiple people injured. No suspect is in custody,” police officials…