ATLANTA — Five women were shot Wednesday in Midtown Atlanta when a gunman opened fire inside a waiting room at a medical building.
One of the victims died and the four others were hospitalized at the time of the shooting.
In an update provided Friday by officials at Grady Hospital, officials said they had good news to report. One of the victims is actually being released from the hospital to go home.
Two others remain in the ICU after they had surgery Thursday. Doctors reported that their surgeries went well.
A third victim who had undergone surgery and was in the ICU is now in stable condition and left the ICU Friday. They have now moved this patient to the surgical floor.
The fourth injured victim was in stable condition and recovering in Grady's trauma center. She will is being released and will be able to come home.
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The shooting caused a massive emergency response in one of Atlanta's busiest commercial and residential centers, then gave way to an hours-long manhunt that ended in a Cobb County neighborhood.
So far, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, little is specifically known about the victims. 11Alive will update this article with details as we learn them.
What we know about the Midtown Atlanta shooting victims
On Wednesday, we learned from police that a 25-year-old, a 38-year-old, a 39-year-old, a 56-year-old and a 71-year-old were injured, and that a fifth person died.
On Thursday, we learned from warrants the names of the women who survived the shooting: Lisa Glynn, Georgette Whitlow, Jazzmin Daniel and Alesha Hollinger.
Amy St. Pierre, the victim who was killed has been identified as a CDC employee. She was a maternal mortality prevention team deputy, the CDC said Thursday.
Amy's family said in a statement she was "brilliant, kind, big-hearted and simply the 'best of the best.'"
Our beloved Amy was brilliant, kind, big-hearted and simply the 'best of the best'. An Emory honors graduate and Georgia State MBA, Amy traveled the world with curiosity and courage. She was driven by compassion, both in her work in the field of maternal mortality, and in her everyday life. Amy was selfless always, she wanted more for others but never for herself. Generous supporter of worthy causes, she was the social conscience of our family.
Loving wife and mother of two, middle sister to two brothers, and cherished daughter, she was truly our pride and joy.
Amy’s friends are the best reflection of the person she was. Their outpouring of tears, love and support are beyond measure.
She will be missed but never, ever forgotten.
At this time, we ask for privacy, and will be making no further comment.
A friend of Amy's told 11Alive's Kaitlyn Ross that the mother of two was "an amazing, funny, brilliant person" and a "warm, kind, funny soul."
The CDC said Wednesday in a statement the agency was "deeply saddened by the unexpected loss of a colleague killed today in the Midtown Atlanta shooting."
"Our hearts are with her family, friends, and colleagues as they remember her and grieve this tragic loss," the statement added.
The agency offered a longer statement Thursday:
We lost a beloved friend and colleague here in Atlanta yesterday. Amy St. Pierre, 39, CDC Maternal Mortality Prevention Team Deputy, was killed yesterday in a mass shooting in Atlanta. [Editor's note: The Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Friday that St. Pierre was 38 years old.]
Amy was the first staff person hired at the program’s inception in 2016. She helped build and launch the CDC’s Maternal Mortality Review Information Application (2017) and the Enhancing Reviews and Surveillance to Eliminate Maternal Mortality program (2019).
We cannot begin to express our devastation over her tragic and untimely death. She drove our team to be good and strive for equity in outcomes for all pregnant and postpartum people.
Amy pulled us all together and kept us going. She was composed and professional and drove us to answer the hard questions and do hard things. In remote work she kept our virtual gatherings personal and human. She tackled management tasks with fresh eyes, kept us organized and made everything she touched better. She built cooperative agreements and contracts, she maintained a large and complex budget, running it like a well-oiled machine. She wrangled federal acquisition machinery with poise.
She was an incredible mother. She was an incredible friend. She was present, she was giving, she was a true Atlanta local who gave it her all. She was an incredible writer. She wrote the loveliest longhand notes. She fostered and adopted dogs. She was a regular at the dog park. She was a swimmer. She was a ballet dancer. She was a book club member. She bicycle commuted. She was active in her community. She advocated for positive change. Our community grieves her loss deeply.
Our team will be taking time to reflect and remember. Thank you for your patience as we grieve our dear Amy.
