The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation held a joint news conference Tuesday morning to provide more details on the Aug. 8 shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campus.

GBI Director Chris Hosey said the parents of the deceased suspect – Patrick Joseph White, 30, of Kennesaw, GA – were cooperating with investigators. Hosey revealed that White had left behind written documents expressing his “discontent” with COVID-19 vaccines and his desire to make his feelings known to the public.

Hosey also said the five weapons used in the incident belonged to White’s father, and the suspect had broken into a gun safe to access them. White was carrying two rifles, a shotgun, and a handgun.

White had no criminal history, but had recently verbalized t

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