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A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him suicidal has been identified as the shooter who fired shots at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killin
CDC security guards stopped White from driving into the campus on Friday before he parked near a pharmacy across the street and opened fire from a sidewalk. The bullets pierced “blast-resistant” windows across the campus, pinning employees down during the barrage.
The suspected gunman who attacked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's campus on Friday may have fired many hundred rounds, law enforcement said on Tuesday.
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CDC shooting marks latest in a string of hostility directed at health workers. Many aren’t surprised
Gunfire aimed at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by a man authorities say was angry over COVID-19 vaccines is the latest in a string of violence and harassment directed at health care workers amid hostility lingering from the pandemic.
Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter obtained a CDC alert sent to employees, which said staff who work in buildings 16,18, 21, and 24 on the Roybal campus in Atlanta will continue to work remotely beginning Aug. 18 - 22, with the exception of critical workers like lab and animal care staff.
Officer David Rose was gunned down during the shooting near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Aug. 8.
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Runners at the Atlanta’s Finest 5K race on Saturday raised money for the family of DeKalb County police Officer David Rose, who was killed in the line of duty last week.
The suspect in the shooting targeting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had letters that showed his “discontent” with COVID-19 vaccines.
Gunman Patrick Joseph White expressed discontent with the COVID-19 vaccinations in writings he made before the shooting, authorities said.
I ’ve walked the halls of both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Emory University—places filled with some of the most dedicated and brilliant minds in public health and medicine. I trained there, worked there, and counted many of the people inside as friends and colleagues.
Four CDC workers, who were not authorized to speak publicly, told CBS News under the condition of anonymity that they were "deeply disappointed and frustrated" by an apparent lack of leadership following Friday's shooting.