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   From: kamala@blew.it   
      
   Authorities have identified the suspected gunman in Tuesday’s shooting at a   
   downtown Atlanta food court as Jeremy Malone, according to a news release   
   from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.   
      
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   Malone, 34, is accused of wounding three people during a shooting at the   
   Peachtree Center, a popular downtown Atlanta food court.   
      
   The Morrow, Georgia, resident is a convicted felon who has served prison   
   time for an armed robbery and has “11 previous arrest cycles,” Atlanta   
   Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said.   
      
   “This is an individual that should never have been possessing a gun and an   
   individual that should never have placed this community in harm,” Schierbaum   
   said.   
      
   Malone was shot by an Atlanta Police officer at the food court before he was   
   taken into custody. He was transferred to a local hospital but has since   
   been discharged.   
      
   He is currently in the Fulton County Jail facing several charges including   
   aggravated assault, reckless conduct, possession of a firearm by a convicted   
   felon, and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of or   
   attempt to commit certain felonies.   
      
   The victims, all three of whom are being treated at area hospitals, include   
   a 47-year-old man, a 69-year-old woman and a 70-year-old woman. They are all   
   expected to survive, authorities said.   
      
   Shortly before 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Malone entered the food court armed with a   
   handgun and had a “brief altercation” with a person before shooting that   
   individual, the police chief said in a news conference, later clarifying the   
   shooter “physically attacked” the person before shooting them.   
      
   The suspect then went on to shoot two other people who were in the food   
   court, Schierbaum said.   
      
   It’s unclear how Malone may have been connected to the individual he first   
   attacked.   
      
   Peachtree Center, at the heart of the city’s downtown, boasts more than 1.5   
   million square feet of office space across four buildings, as well as 50   
   restaurants and retail shops and three hotels, according to its website.   
      
   The building was placed on lockdown after the shooting but had reopened by   
   late Tuesday afternoon, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said. He had earlier   
   warned residents to “avoid the area.”   
      
   Just over two hours after the shooting unfolded, another man in Atlanta held   
   the driver of a commuter bus at gunpoint, leading police on a rush-hour   
   chase while more than a dozen passengers remained in the vehicle, police   
   said.   
      
   The suspect in that case was taken into custody, and one person who was   
   found shot on the bus has died, police said.   
      
   Authorities said they don’t believe the two incidents are connected.   
      
   Malone waived his initial court appearance, Natalie Ammons, Fulton County   
   Sheriff spokesperson, told CNN. It’s unclear if he has legal representation   
   at this time.   
      
   https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/12/us/atlanta-food-court-shooting-   
   suspect/index.html   
      
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