A Georgia man who wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines fired over 180 times with a long gun at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's headquarters in Atlanta, killing a police officer, authorities said.

Patrick Joseph White, 30, who has been identified as the shooter in the attack late Friday at the CDC , tried to get into the complex but was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire , authorities said. White took his own life during the attack.

A union representing CDC workers said the shooting was not random and “compounds months of mistreatment, neglect, and vilification that CDC staff have endured.” It demanded that federal officials condemn vaccine misinformation, saying it puts scientists at risk.

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