All four women wounded Wednesday in the Midtown shooting are still hospitalized, two are critical and two are stable, Grady Memorial Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Jansen said Thursday.
Deion Patterson, 24, is accused of shooting five women with a semi-automatic handgun Wednesday afternoon inside the Northside Medical Midtown office building. Amy St. Pierre, 38, died at the scene, according to police.
Others injured include Jazzmin Daniel, Lisa Glynn, Alesha Hollinger and Georgette Whitlow, according to Patterson’s warrants. He was arrested Wednesday night in Cobb County after a massive manhunt.
According to police, Glynn was shot in the abdomen, Whitlow was shot in the arm, Daniel was hit multiple times in the abdomen area and Hollinger was shot in the face.
Jansen said the patient shot in the arm is still in the intensive care unit, though he did not name any of the patients.
The two critical patients were back in the operating room Thursday morning. They had undergone surgeries immediately after the shooting and underwent additional procedures today.
Jansen has spoken with the two victims in stable condition, saying they are appreciative but deeply affected by the shooting.
“They have been traumatized. They are very grateful for the support and care they’ve received but they realize that this is a horrific event and the fact that they were in a health care facility just makes it worse,” Jansen said.
But for Grady hospital, this was not an unusual event. Jansen noted that having four patients with gunshot injuries come in at once is not out of the ordinary.
“Unfortunately, in this day and age, seeing shooting victims is almost a daily occurrence,” Jansen said.
The road ahead to a full recovery for the four women will be long and difficult, Jansen said.
“Physically, they all have a ways to go. I think psychologically and mentally, we have to also remember that, the impact on them and their families,” Jansen said. “You know, you can’t underestimate how traumatic this is. And they have a long way to go.”
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