He was a father with a growing family and a DeKalb County police officer before a gunman opened fire near Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta.
Officer David Rose, 33, was the sole casualty of the attack on Aug. 8 that ended with the suspected gunman found dead on the second story of a building housing a CVS. The shooter died at the scene from a gunshot wound. It was unclear if it came from officers or was self-inflicted.
DeKalb County officials said Rose died responding to the attack and revealed a few details about his time at the department.
"This evening there is a wife without a husband, there are three children, one unborn, without a father," DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson said. "There is a mother and father as well as siblings who also share in this traumatic loss."
The shooter’s motive and target remained unclear late Friday, Aug. 8. Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said he "fired at law enforcement and potentially the CDC."
