Patrick Joseph White, the gunman who opened fire on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, killing DeKalb County police officer David Rose, on Friday, Aug. 8, told others that he was upset with the CDC, saying that he suffered from depression after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. White entered the CVS at Clifton Road at approximately 5:00 p.m. on Friday and began firing multiple rounds at the CDC office building located across the street from the pharmacy.
White who died from a gunshot wound, reportedly took aim at the Centers for Disease Control security officers in the building and killed Rose who was the first to respond to the active shooter call. It is unclear at this time if the bullet that killed White was self-inflicted or the result of shots fired from respond