Watch: Police provide an update on the Atlanta active shooting incident

One person is dead, four others are injured and a suspect is at large after a shooting inside a building in Midtown Atlanta, police said Wednesday.

"Officers are actively searching for the suspect and any other victims," the Atlanta Police Department wrote on Twitter.

Police identified the suspect as Deion Patterson, 24, and shared four surveillance photos of the alleged shooter. Northside Hospital said on Twitter the shooting happened at its midtown location.

No additional shots have been fired since the initial incident, described as an "active shooter situation," unfolded, police said. The four injured people were taken to a hospital, and one person died at the scene, police said.

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