Minyone Patterson, mother of Deion Patterson, suspect in the Atlanta mass shooting that took place at Midtown Atlanta Medical Center, revealed that her son has some mental instability due to medication from the Health System Veteran.
According to Minyone, Deion, who was recently discharged from the Coast Guard, wanted medication for anxiety and depression, but the VA refused to give him a prescription because it was too addictive.
“He got some messy meds from the VA. All he wanted was an Ativan (a drug used to treat anxiety), ” his mother explained to the Daily Beast. Minyone believes that the drugs affected his son’s judgment.
What happened to Deion Patterson?
On Wednesday, Deion Patterson and his mother were waiting at Laureate Medical Center when he became agitated and shot five people, killing one woman and injuring four others.
Patterson, who had just been discharged from the Coast Guard, was arrested by police after an hour-long search with the help of barking dogs. Police say state-of-the-art surveillance equipment and the license plates that Patterson stole were crucial to his arrest.
Stuart VanHoozer, Cobb County Sheriff, said that undercover officers eventually confronted and arrested Patterson. A photograph of Patterson was previously made public and he was once arrested for possession of marijuana in Henry County. Crime Stoppers had previously offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to Patterson’s arrest.
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