The Georgia man who shot at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention buildings on Aug. 8 apparently tried to enter the campus two days earlier but was turned away by security, according to an internal CDC email.
Security video indicates “a very high likelihood” that the 30-year-old shooter — Patrick Joseph White — tried to enter the campus on the late afternoon of Aug. 6, the email said.
“The video evidence does not 100% confirm the person’s identity,” but law enforcement thinks it was White, according to the email sent to CDC employees on Thursday.
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