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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation revealed new details during a press conference on Tuesday morning about the shooting last Friday at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's headquarters in Atlanta.

What they're saying:

GBI Director Chris Hosey confirmed that 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White had no known criminal history but had recently expressed suicidal thoughts, leading to police contact several weeks before the shooting.

The GBI says 500 shots were fired and about 200 rounds struck six CDC buildings, though no employees were hurt. Written documents expressing White's distrust of COVID-19 vaccines, which investigators described as a personal statement rather than a direct threat, were discovered during the investigation.

Authorities say

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