Active Shooter at Atlanta Hotel Is Taken Into Custody After Multiple Shots Fired

Active Shooter at Atlanta Hotel Is Taken Into Custody After Multiple Shots Fired
A suspect is taken into custody on 14th Street outside the Four Seasons Hotel where gunshots were reported earlier in the Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta on Oct. 29, 2024. Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
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ATLANTA—A man armed with several different weapons fired at least 15 gunshots through the walls and door and off the balcony of his apartment at a Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta during a standoff Tuesday afternoon and was taken into custody, police said.

The 70-year-old suspect used a handgun, shotgun, and rifle to fire shots during the altercation, Atlanta Chief of Police Darin Schierbaum said at a press conference. Two police officers shot back during the exchange. One officer and the suspect were taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, but authorities didn’t know whether either were shot, Schierbaum said.