![]() “The thing I was overwhelmed by today is this is how people are expected to live now. “In the middle of lunch, I just started hearing people say, ‘Hey, we are on lockdown, there is an active shooter next door,”’ McLaurin, a Democrat, told CNN’s Jake Tapper. Josh McLaurin was in midtown for lunch, when he suddenly found himself faced with a frightening emergency that more and more Americans are experiencing. Police detail the hourslong manhunt that ended in the Atlanta shooting suspect's arrest Atlanta police said there had been no additional shots fired since the initial shooting unfolded inside a building in a commercial area with many office towers and high-rise apartments. Law enforcement officers arrive near the scene of an active shooter on Wednesday, in Atlanta. On Wednesday, it was the turn of Atlanta, Georgia, where a gunman became enraged during a visit to a midtown medical facility, allegedly shooting dead at least one person with a handgun and injuring four others before he was caught hours later after a manhunt. But for most of the rest of the country, life goes on, because there’s no other way. And the agony of those close to the victims will never end. Survivors may take months to recover, if they ever do. Mass shootings end lives in a senseless instant. ![]() It may be a day before the family snapshots of the victims emerge. Soon, muted TVs playing cable news in tire shops, bars and airports nationwide show speeding ambulances and white-coated hospital spokespeople briefing on trauma injuries. Video shows police storming into another building and snaking lines of survivors being rushed to safety. Millions of smartphones flash with news of the latest horror. Even mass shootings become routine after a while for many Americans not yet directly affected.Īnother city goes into lockdown.
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