Midtown mass shooting | What we know about suspect

Deion Patterson, a 24-year-old man, was identified by APD as the suspect in the Northside Medical Midtown shooting.

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[puddincup]

Three charges as a teen and speeding ticket. Who gives a shit about that?

[mikelee]

What the hell does that mini past criminal history have to do with his current Stay on pint!!! He shot people and killed on. This is what matters to us, not marijuana!!!

[davidbarnes]

He’s gonna learn 176 ways to use ramen noodles over the next 60 years

[rachellbanks]

It’s weird because they said he arrived at the hospital 🏥 with his mother; but what went wrong for him to pull a weapon and start shooting “women” 😳he seems unhinged!!!! A damn psychopathic maniac!!!! Lock Him Up and Throw Away The Key 🔑!!! He is definitely a menace to society.

[AndrewTPewPew]

now I see why we’re not hearing about this on every news station and every channel. The mug shot says it all. News will memory hole this asap

[joehiden]

But he only wanted an ativan! What is wrong with our youth?

[deebee]

Shooter is wrong race, prepare the memory hole.

[JV-NY]

None of those previous charges are an indication he'd do this. Im not sure why the network decided to share that

[sagevoid]

Is he an incel is what I’d like to know. Why target women only?

[phxrus]

Sure on drugs some legal and some not so legal depending on city/state

[Tooprettybrittany]

Everyone talking but the VA🤔 interesting.

[phxrus]

Did he use a assault gun or just non assault gun?

[Falconer]

I'm surprised you showed his picture. I thought you only did that with Caucasian suspects. Good for you.

[timesurfingalien]

I sense a pattern. Seems as if this fellow was targeted, by police, at a young age, then repeated harassment to insure he failed at his probationary conditions.

[tonyshoe]

I have an obama PC colorless monitor. what color skin does the bad guy have?