Patrick Joseph White has been identified as the gunman who killed a policeman before being found dead at the scene
Investigators identified a 30-year-old man from suburban Atlanta on Saturday as the person who opened fire on the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, killing a police officer and spreading panic through the health agency and nearby Emory University.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Friday’s shooter was Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia. Officer David Rose of the DeKalb County Police Department was shot and mortally wounded while responding.
No one else was hit, although police said four people reported to emergency rooms with symptoms of anxiety. Many CDC employees sought cover in their offices as bullets strafed the CDC’s headquarters.
Police say White opened fire at the campus from across the street, leaving gaping bullet holes in windows and littering the pavement outside a CVS pharmacy with bullet casings. The attack prompted a massive law enforcement response to one of the nation’s most prominent public health institutions.
