ATLANTA -- The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons and wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines, authorities said Tuesday.

Documents found in a search of the suspect's home "expressed the shooter's discontent with the COVID-19 vaccinations," Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said. White had written about wanting make "the public aware of his discontent with the vaccine," he said.

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Patrick Joseph White, 30, also had recently verbalized thoughts of suicide, which led to law enforcement being contacted several week

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