U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta Monday in the wake of a deadly shooting near the agency’s Roybal Campus that left both the suspected gunman and a police officer dead.
Police said the suspect opened fire shortly before 5 p.m. Friday from across the street at Emory Point, a mixed-use development near Emory University and the CDC. Bullet damage was seen in the walls and windows of at least four buildings on the CDC campus. And the Associated Press reported Monday that the gunman fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows.
The shooting suspect has been identified as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Police say he was found dead with gunshot wounds on the second floor of a CVS at Emory Point, but have not released further details about possible motives for the shooting. Reporting from the New York Times and CNN allege that the shooter blamed his health issues on the COVID-19 vaccine.
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