A man shot and wounded 3 people in a downtown Atlanta food court before he was shot by a police officer, officials say

A 34-year-old man with an extensive criminal record shot and wounded three people in a popular downtown Atlanta food court Tuesday, before he was shot by a police officer and taken into custody, officials said.

A 34-year-old man with an extensive criminal record shot and wounded three people in a popular downtown Atlanta food court Tuesday, before he was shot by a police officer and taken into custody, officials said. The victims, all three of whom are alive and being treated at area hospitals, include a 47-year-old man, a 69-year-old woman and a 70-year-old woman. They are all expected to survive, authorities said. “This is a busy area. This is where people work, and this is where people dine while they are at work so a lunchtime crowd was there and it was fairly active,” Mayor Andre Dickens said. Police began receiving calls shortly after 2:15 p.m. Tuesday reporting shots fired at the food court of Peachtree Center, a hub of office spaces and stores, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said in the news conference. The suspect allegedly entered the food court armed with a handgun and had a “brief altercation” with a person before shooting that individual, the police chief said, later clarifying the shooter “physically attacked” the person before shooting them. The suspect then went on to shoot two other people who were in the food court, Schierbaum said.