Gunman wounds 3 people in Atlanta food court before being shot by officer

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ATLANTA, June 12, (AP): A gunman shot three people at a food court in downtown Atlanta before he was shot by a police officer Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
All four people who were shot at the Peachtree Center food court are expected to survive, including the suspect, according to Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum.
During a news conference, Mayor Andre Dickens praised the responding officer who wounded the gunman.
“Had he not been there, things could have gotten worse,” Dickens said.
Peachtree Center is a complex of office towers and an underground mall within blocks of multiple hotels that anchor Atlanta’s busy convention business.
The shooting happened around 2:15 pm Schierbaum said.
The three people shot by the suspect were a 47-year-old man from Grayson, a 69-year-old woman from East Point and a 70-year-old woman from Atlanta, Schierbaum said.
The suspect, a 34-year-old man from Morrow, just south of Atlanta, had a “brief altercation” with one of the victims and pulled out a gun and shot the person, Schierbaum said. He then shot two other people, Schierbaum said. It’s not clear yet if the shooter knew the victims.
All four people were taken to hospitals and two are in critical condition, Schierbaum said.

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