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Officials said on Tuesday that a police officer was accused of killing a police officer during the shooting at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, who was earlier informed to the police for suicide views and started a fatal attack with his father’s weapons to send a message against the Kovid -19 vaccine.
30 -year -old Patrick Joseph White is suspected of killing David Rose, an officer of 33 -year -old Decalab County Police Department shortly before 33 years, in an attack that took him down around 200 rounds in six CDC buildings. White’s driver’s license image was first released publicly on Tuesday.
Rose, who previously served as a sea in Afghanistan and joined the Decalab County Police Department in September 2024, was responding to the scene and died of gunshot wounds.
30 -year -old Patrick Joseph White is suspected of killing David Rose, an officer of 33 -year -old Decalab County Police Department shortly before 33 years, in which he was seen firing 200 rounds in six CDC buildings in an attack. (Georgia Bureau of Investigation)
CDC Gunman’s father indicates possible inspiration behind shooting
Officials said in a press briefing on Tuesday, five firearms with law enforcement, most long guns, over 500 shell casing, which were found on the spot.
Chris Hosie, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), said that law enforcement contacted White about mental health warnings signs.
“The shooter had no known criminal history. The investigation indicates evidence in the investigation that the shooter recently explained the ideas of suicide, causing law enforcement to several weeks before the incident,” Hosi said.
He said that investigators are getting with law enforcement which made those contacts to find out the details, but did not give further information. Hosi said that a white-affected gun shot caused a wound.
White, which was from Atlanta suburb of Kenesa, was called by the police about three different times about being suicidal in the last one year, Fox Atlanta Informed In at least one of those calls, White’s father told the dispators that his son had obtained a gun from his father’s locker.
People leave flowers in a Memorial on Monday in honor of David Rose, who were killed in shooting at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention Headquarters in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Charlotte Cramone)
The shooter’s name was attacked at the CDC headquarters in which the Georgia police officer was left dead
In a September 2024 call, White told the police that his health declined after receiving the Kovid -19 vaccine and his suicide views in his deteriorating condition. Officials said White said she was in pain and had undergone surgery a decade ago. He claimed that taking a gun from his father’s locker “had to cry only for help.”
After that incident, White was rushed to the Keenstone Hospital, but, as per the report, refused to treat mental health treatment on a subsequent call. Two other calls were made in April and July of this year.
Hosie said that for Friday’s attack, White broke into her father’s vault to get guns, seeing that they were closed.
Hosie said, “All the indications in our investigation were that they were safe and forced to secure their way, which included weapons,” the suspect had no key for the gun: “he broke into it,” Hosi said.
Hosie said that during the discovery of his residence, the authorities found the documents expressing anger towards the Kovid -19 vaccine. He said that there were no direct threats in the writing, but it was described as a personal manifesto to make the public aware of its views.
Decalab County Police Department official David Rose was killed in a shooting outside the Disease Control and Prevention Center (CDC) campus in Atlanta on Friday. (Decalab County Police Department)
Hosie said, “A search warrant executed at the shooter’s residence revealed a written document, expressing the dissatisfaction of the shooter with the Kovid -19 vaccination.”
In response to a reporter’s follower question, Hosi said, “I will describe it as a public awareness. There was no direct threat … but it was making his people aware, in his words, his dissatisfaction with vaccines,” Hosie said in response to a reporter’s follow -up question.
Hosi said that the material is being reviewed by certified behavior profiles and is being shared with the FBI.
Officials said White was stopped by the CDC security guard before going to a pharmacy across the road, where he set fire to a pavement. The bullets pierced the “blast-resistant” windows in the premises, making the employees down during the barrage. GBI said that more than 500 shell casing have been recovered from the crime site.
Subsequently, CDC officials are assessing the safety of the campus and ensuring that they inform the authorities of any new danger.
An investigator looks at the crime site where a Georgia police officer was shot and killed. (Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI))
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According to the statement of the Health Agency, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior visited the CDC campus on Monday, including Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neel and CDC Director Susan Monarez. Kennedy also visited Decalab County Police Department, and later met with the wife of the officer killed.
Kendy recently announced that CDC would no longer recommend coveid of 19 vaccination for healthy children or pregnant persons and would cancel a total of 22 MRNA vaccine development contracts of about $ 500 million as they said that data showed that they have shown that they fail to effectively protect from upper respiratory infections such as vaccines and flu.
Fox News’ Landon Mione, Alexandra Coach, Sophia Compton, Lewis Cassiano and Associated Press contributed to the report.
