A Georgia man armed with a rifle fired at least 180 rounds into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Atlanta headquarters on Friday, shattering roughly 150 windows across four buildings, according to internal agency documents and officials briefed on the investigation. Bullets penetrated blast-resistant glass and sent shards as far as 60 feet into offices, but no CDC personnel were hurt. Authorities identified the shooter as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White, who had publicly blamed COVID-19 vaccines for his depression. Investigators say White killed DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose during the rampage, was confronted by CDC security guards and later died after driving to a nearby pharmacy and opening fire again. Officials have not said whether he was shot by police or took his own life. Building 21, which houses CDC Director Susan Monarez’s office, absorbed the most bullet strikes. Agency staff have been instructed to work remotely this week, and CDC personnel estimate it could take weeks or even months to replace the damaged windows and clear debris. U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. toured the campus on Monday with Monarez and Deputy Health Secretary Jim O’Neill, later meeting privately with Rose’s widow. “No one should face violence while working to protect the health of others,” Kennedy said in a statement, pledging federal support for the CDC workforce as the agency assesses long-term security and operational impacts.
The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows, with bullets piercing “blast-resistant” windows and spattering glass shards into numerous rooms, according to information circulated internally at
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