Authorities have released more information after a shooter opened fire on Centers for Disease Control buildings near Emory University in Atlanta, killing a police officer and leaving questions about motive.
The shooting occurred on the afternoon of Aug. 8, prompting a "RUN, HIDE, FIGHT” alert from Emory University as the suspect fired on four CDC buildings, officials said. Officials said the suspected shooter and an officer died.
The officer killed was identified as 33-year-old Dekalb County Police Officer David Rose, officials said. He was killed while responding to the shooting. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in an update on Aug. 9 that Patrick Joseph White, 30, of Kennesaw, Georgia, was the suspected shooter.
Authorities said they found the suspect dead from a gunshot wound on the second floor of a building that includes a CVS store. It wasn’t clear if the wound was self-inflicted or from law enforcement’s returned fire. No other people died in the shooting.
It was the second high-profile shooting to rock Georgians in recent days. On Aug. 6, an Army sergeant used a personal handgun to shoot five fellow soldiers at the Fort Stewart military base in the eastern part of the state, over 200 miles away from Atlanta.
