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A suspect in an Atlanta shooting, which killed 1 and injured 4, is in custody¹

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A 39-year-old woman was killed and four other women were injured after a gunman opened fire in a downtown medical office building, police said. The suspect escaped to a suburb after stealing a car.

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Georgia law enforcement arrested a man suspected of shooting five people in an Atlanta doctor's office yesterday. One woman was killed, four others hospitalized. As NPR's Lisa Hagen reports from Atlanta, police found the suspect still armed with a handgun after an eight-hour search.

LISA HAGEN, BYLINE³: Police arrested 24-year-old Deion Patterson without incident at a condominium complex in a suburb north of Atlanta on Wednesday evening. The suspected gunman allegedly opened fire in a doctor's waiting room just after noon yesterday. Police say he shot and killed a 39-year-old woman and injured another four who are recovering from serious injuries. Patterson then fled the building. He reportedly managed to steal an unattended pickup⁵ truck at a nearby gas station as law enforcement converged⁶ on the city's busy midtown area. City officials released photos of the alleged⁴ gunman within hours of the shooting, asking for tips and warning he should be considered armed and dangerous.

Halsey Knapp was returning from lunch near the medical building when he began to notice police lights flashing everywhere.

HALSEY KNAPP: I couldn't get into any building within a six-block area. I tried every place that I knew, and so I was on the street the whole time.

HAGEN: He says there was little information available as he waited out a three-hour shelter-in-place order in the area. After the arrest, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens spoke⁷ at a press conference.

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ANDRE DICKENS: This was a horrible act of gun violence. But equally horrifying⁸ is that we know that this is not unique in our country.

HAGEN: Georgia's U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock said his two children were among those whose schools were on lockdown after initial reports of the shooting. Speaking on the Senate floor, he had strong words for colleagues who offer thoughts and prayers while resisting gun regulation.

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RAPHAEL WARNOCK: It is a contradiction to say that you are thinking and praying and then do nothing. It is to make a mockery of prayer.

HAGEN: The alleged gunman had recently been discharged from active duty, according to a statement from the U.S. Coast Guard. Patterson had served for nearly five years. His mother told the Associated Press she believes her son was suffering from mental instability.

Lisa Hagen, NPR News.

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1 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 pickup   

n.拾起，获得

参考例句：

• I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。

6 converged   

v.（线条、运动的物体等）会于一点( converge的过去式 )；（趋于）相似或相同；人或车辆汇集；聚集

参考例句：

• Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
• People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

8 horrifying   

a.令人震惊的，使人毛骨悚然的

参考例句：

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was. 他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate. 战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。