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| CDC shooting: Atlanta police officer dies after attack near health agency's headquarters | CDC shooting: Atlanta police officer dies after attack near health agency's headquarters |
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| Atlanta police sealed streets around Centers for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters near Emory University | Atlanta police sealed streets around Centers for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters near Emory University |
| A police officer has died after he was injured in a shooting outside the headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. | A police officer has died after he was injured in a shooting outside the headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. |
| David Rose, 33, who graduated from the police academy in March, died in hospital after he was mortally wounded. No civilians were injured. | David Rose, 33, who graduated from the police academy in March, died in hospital after he was mortally wounded. No civilians were injured. |
| The attack, which targeted four buildings at the CDC's Roybal Campus, involved a "single shooter" who died at the scene. Officials named him as Patrick Joseph White, 30. | The attack, which targeted four buildings at the CDC's Roybal Campus, involved a "single shooter" who died at the scene. Officials named him as Patrick Joseph White, 30. |
| The motive is unclear, but unnamed law-enforcement officials told the BBC's US partner CBS that investigators were looking into the theory that the suspect was ill, or thought he was ill from a Covid vaccine. | |
| Officer Rose was a former Marine who had served in Afghanistan. | Officer Rose was a former Marine who had served in Afghanistan. |
| DeKalb County official Lorraine Cochran-Johnson said: "This evening, there is a wife without a husband. There are three children, one unborn, without a father." | DeKalb County official Lorraine Cochran-Johnson said: "This evening, there is a wife without a husband. There are three children, one unborn, without a father." |
| Media reports suggested the gunman's father had called police on the day of the shooting, believing his son was suicidal. | Media reports suggested the gunman's father had called police on the day of the shooting, believing his son was suicidal. |
| A neighbour of White told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the suspect had mentioned to her repeatedly he distrusted Covid-19 vaccines. | A neighbour of White told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the suspect had mentioned to her repeatedly he distrusted Covid-19 vaccines. |
| Nancy Hoalst, who lives across the street from White's family in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, told the newspaper: "He was very unsettled and he very deeply believed that vaccines hurt him and were hurting other people. He emphatically believed that." | Nancy Hoalst, who lives across the street from White's family in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, told the newspaper: "He was very unsettled and he very deeply believed that vaccines hurt him and were hurting other people. He emphatically believed that." |
| Officer David Rose was a former Marine | |
| CDC Director Susan Monarez said the centre was "heartbroken" by the attack. | CDC Director Susan Monarez said the centre was "heartbroken" by the attack. |
| "DeKalb County police, CDC security, and Emory University responded immediately and decisively, helping to prevent further harm to our staff and community," she wrote in a post on X. | "DeKalb County police, CDC security, and Emory University responded immediately and decisively, helping to prevent further harm to our staff and community," she wrote in a post on X. |
| In a press briefing on Friday, police said they became aware of a report of an active shooter at around 16:50 local time (20:50 GMT) that day near the CDC. | In a press briefing on Friday, police said they became aware of a report of an active shooter at around 16:50 local time (20:50 GMT) that day near the CDC. |
| Officers from multiple agencies responded. The CDC campus received a number of rounds of gunfire into its buildings. | Officers from multiple agencies responded. The CDC campus received a number of rounds of gunfire into its buildings. |
| Police said they found the shooter "struck by gunfire" - but could not specify whether that was from law enforcement or self-inflicted. | Police said they found the shooter "struck by gunfire" - but could not specify whether that was from law enforcement or self-inflicted. |
| Secretary of Health Robert Kennedy Jr also issued a statement saying the agency was "deeply saddened" by the attack that claimed an officer's life. | Secretary of Health Robert Kennedy Jr also issued a statement saying the agency was "deeply saddened" by the attack that claimed an officer's life. |
| "We know how shaken our public health colleagues feel today. No-one should face violence while working to protect the health of others," said Kennedy. | "We know how shaken our public health colleagues feel today. No-one should face violence while working to protect the health of others," said Kennedy. |
| Kennedy has previously expressed doubts about the side effects of vaccines, especially Covid vaccines, and has been accused of spreading misinformation. | Kennedy has previously expressed doubts about the side effects of vaccines, especially Covid vaccines, and has been accused of spreading misinformation. |
| Media outlets have reported that CDC employees have been asked to work remotely on Monday. | Media outlets have reported that CDC employees have been asked to work remotely on Monday. |