A shooting near the Emory University campus and just outside the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday left two people dead and bullet marks in windows across the sprawling campus. A police officer was killed, and the suspected shooter was found dead in a nearby building, authorities said.
No one else was reported injured.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Saturday identified the gunman as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White, of Kennesaw, Georgia. His motive is still unknown this early in the investigation, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said on Friday.
Map shows area of shooting
The shooting began just before 5 p.m. directly across the main entrance to the CDC campus.
The attack, which unfolded near neighboring Emory University,