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Kennedy visits CDC after weekend shooting

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr visited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta on Monday, days after a gunman shot multiple rounds into four buildings on the agency’s main campus.

(Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

In a statement, HHS said CDC security led Kennedy on a tour of the campus, pointing out shattered windows across multiple buildings, including the main guard booth. CDC Director Susan Monarez said four buildings were hit, and more than 40 bullets smashed through office windows.

DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose was mortally wounded while responding to Friday’s shooting.

Most CDC personnel assigned to the campus are teleworking this week, and

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