I mean Cobb County, quite large though.
I mean you think about that
and and you say the shooter,
you know the the focus of
the search is in Cobb County.
You know you're going to have a
lot of people scratching their
heads saying well wait a minute,
where in Cobb County they did specify
they were looking at Vinings,
Cumberland, Truest Park areas.
We were watching the street
cameras as we saw dozens of police
officers and cruisers pour out at
a very clipped and fast rate out
of the battery area and seem to.
To hop into their cars and speed off.
I got a text from a friend who
works in the Battery and said that
they were all kind of huddled in
place and obviously very scared
about what was happening.
But you know, if you're in Cobb County,
if you're traveling in that area,
no lock your doors.
Best to be better safe than sorry.
But as Cheryl said,
so many different agencies on this.
During the press conference
with Atlanta police,
they said they had the Fulton
County Sheriff's Office, Marta,
Georgia State Police, Georgia.
State Patrol GB, IFBI,
which we just got an e-mail
confirming that the FBI was assisting.
Atlanta Public Schools police.
Georgia Tech police,
Georgia State Police,
I mean every agency in the area
right now is on this and is
searching for this suspect.
A reminder that we are now 4 hours
past the first shots being fired
on the 11th floor in a waiting
room inside Northside Hospital,
the Midtown location.
Karis Belger joining us now,
Karis, I know you were listening
to that press conference.
They were.
A lot of new details and and
really what we have learned and
what is happening right now is
really two different crime scenes.
They're still processing evidence
inside Northside Hospital Midtown,
still still very much in play.
But in terms of the search
that's happening in Cobb County,
there are a lot of investigative
balls in the air right now.
There are, in fact,
that's exactly what we heard from
Mayor Andre Dickens and Atlanta Police
Chief Sherbaum less than an hour ago.
They told us that they are working
with multiple agencies across the area,
notably Cobb County authorities as well.
Right here we're seeing a lot of Atlanta
police and Fulton County authorities
going in and out of the Medical Center.
We're also seeing a lot of people who
are only just now being able to move
around to drive through these streets,
some people trying to get their
cars or find people to.
Come and pick them up.
I want to mention that Chief Sheer
Bond said that the shooting took
place in the waiting room on the
11th floor of this medical facility.
5 women were shot, 1 deceased,
a 39 year old woman.
But you have to think that there
were multiple things going on
inside this Medical Center.
I did speak with someone not too
long ago who was working at the time,
just recently was able to get inside a car
because a relative had to come get her.
She said that it was so busy.
And then when she realized
something was happening,
she just kind of had to stay in place
because that's what people told her to do.
So everything still
unfolding with all of this,
we understand from Mayor Dickens that he's
been in contact with multiple authorities,
also the White House,
also the Senate delegates,
multiple people trying to relate
information and also get information.
We are hoping to get some
more info at this time.
I understand Atlanta police
will be giving more updates
throughout the evening as well,
but right now police still.
Assessing everything and getting that
evidence and people just trying to
get to some semblance of normal after
what happened early this afternoon.
Yeah.
And that's a hard thing,
Karis, because, you know,
whether you were locked in lockdown in
a in a restaurant or your condo and
you just felt the trauma of that fear
or you're in Cobb County right now as
this is unfolding in the next layer,
as they're focusing their
search in Cobb County.
I mean, this is not a day you forget.
Right. This is a day you remember,
and there is so much more that
is yet to be told in this story,
we'll learn more about the
four women in the hospital.
We'll learn more about the
39 year old woman who died,
and we'll learn more about what led to
the shooting inside a medical facility
at lunchtime on a Wednesday afternoon.
In such a busy part of Midtown Atlanta,
a story that the country
is already talking about,
This is a live perspective.
From the 11 live Sky Tracker
over Cobb County right now,
we are emphasizing again that the
active search has moved out of Midtown.
They are focused on Cobb County right now,
specifically areas around Vinings,
Cumberland and Truest park
people there told to stay put,
be careful.