A FedEx package handler went on a shooting rampage early Tuesday at his workplace in suburban Atlanta , wounding six people before turning the gun on himself , officials said . `` That individual is deceased here at the scene , '' Cobb County Police Sgt . Dana Pierce told reporters . Police were sweeping the area with search dogs to ensure no secondary devices had been planted . Authorities identified 19-year-old Geddy L. Kramer of Acworth as the shooter . His body was found near a shotgun , Pierce said . `` That was the only weapon that he had at that time , '' Pierce said . The warehouse is located in Kennesaw , Georgia , about 21 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta . `` Numerous '' 911 calls from inside the half-million-square-foot package and delivery facility alerted police to the shooting at 5:54 a.m. , Pierce said . The victims were taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital , where an emergency room doctor involved in the response said three were in critical condition . EMS officials warned the hospital at 6:26 a.m. to prepare for the victims ' arrival , Dr. Michael Nitzken said . By 7 a.m. , the six patients -- all of whom had suffered multiple gunshot wounds -- had arrived . Without naming them , Nitzken identified them as : . -- a 28-year-old man in critical condition after undergoing surgery ; . -- a 52-year-old woman in stable condition after undergoing surgery ; . -- a 22-year-old man in stable condition ; . -- a 38-year-old man in stable condition ; . -- a 42-year-old woman who was treated and released ; . -- a 19-year-old man who was treated and was to be released . Two of the patients -- the 28-year-old man and the 52-year-old woman -- suffered life-threatening injuries and the man was placed on mechanical ventilation , he said . `` They appeared to be shotgun blast effects , with multiple , small projectiles , '' Nitzken said . Their arrival at the level-two trauma center coincided with a shift change . `` That proved to be to our benefit , '' the doctor said , because the staff was double what it typically would be . `` We 're trying to make the best of a bad outcome . '' FedEx spokesman Scott Fielder told CNN that the situation had stabilized `` and we are focused on the needs of our team members and cooperating with the law enforcement investigation of this tragedy . ''
Shooter has been identified as 19-year - old Geddy L. Kramer of Chicago . Kramer died ` ` from an apparent self - inflicted gunshot wound , '' police report says . Six victims are taken to Wellstar ##t Hospital .