Deion Patterson had previously been found not competent to stand trial, but a court proceeding Thursday affirmed that status has changed.
ATLANTA — The alleged gunman in a 2023 Midtown Atlanta mass shooting at a medical clinic that killed one woman and injured four others is competent to stand trial, a judge determined Thursday.
Deion Patterson, the man charged with murder, five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and several other counts in the May 2023 shooting at Northside Medical Midtown, was previously found not competent to stand trial. But Thursday’s court proceeding affirmed that
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