<p>One person was killed and three were injured in the southern US city of Atlanta on Wednesday when a gunman opened fire inside a building, police said, in the latest gun violence to hit the country.</p>.<p>Police were responding to "an active shooter situation inside a building" in central Atlanta, the department said on Twitter, in which four people were targeted.</p>.<p>"Three have been transported to the hospital for treatment and a fourth has been pronounced deceased on scene," it said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/man-in-texas-kills-5-after-complains-about-gunfire-1214133.html" target="_blank">Man in Texas kills 5 after complains about gunfire</a></strong></p>.<p>Police also published a photo of the suspect, a well-built man wearing dark pants, a hood over his head and a white surgical mask, wielding a handgun.</p>.<p>"The suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached," police said.</p>.<p>Television footage showed police and other law enforcement officers deployed at the scene. Multiple ambulances were also present.</p>.<p>According to local television channel WSB, the shooting took place inside a facility of the Northside Hospital.</p>.<p>There have been more than 180 mass shootings -- defined as four or more people wounded or killed -- so far this year in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive.</p>.<p>With more firearms than inhabitants, the United States has the highest rate of gun-related deaths of any developed country: 49,000 in 2021, up from 45,000 the year before.</p>
<p>One person was killed and three were injured in the southern US city of Atlanta on Wednesday when a gunman opened fire inside a building, police said, in the latest gun violence to hit the country.</p>.<p>Police were responding to "an active shooter situation inside a building" in central Atlanta, the department said on Twitter, in which four people were targeted.</p>.<p>"Three have been transported to the hospital for treatment and a fourth has been pronounced deceased on scene," it said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/man-in-texas-kills-5-after-complains-about-gunfire-1214133.html" target="_blank">Man in Texas kills 5 after complains about gunfire</a></strong></p>.<p>Police also published a photo of the suspect, a well-built man wearing dark pants, a hood over his head and a white surgical mask, wielding a handgun.</p>.<p>"The suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached," police said.</p>.<p>Television footage showed police and other law enforcement officers deployed at the scene. Multiple ambulances were also present.</p>.<p>According to local television channel WSB, the shooting took place inside a facility of the Northside Hospital.</p>.<p>There have been more than 180 mass shootings -- defined as four or more people wounded or killed -- so far this year in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive.</p>.<p>With more firearms than inhabitants, the United States has the highest rate of gun-related deaths of any developed country: 49,000 in 2021, up from 45,000 the year before.</p>