Law enforcement agencies provided new details on the investigation Tuesday morning.
ATLANTA — Law enforcement have released the photo of the gunman who fired hundreds of rounds at the CDC last Friday and killed a DeKalb County Police Department officer.
The photo of the shooter, 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White, was put out by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The GBI had earlier in the morning provided new details on the investigation. According to the bureau, the five weapons used in the shooter belonged to White’s father. The agency also said that White died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday.
The guns had been secured, according to the GBI, and the shooter “forced his way into the safe” that contained them. The mix of the five guns was described by GBI Director Chris Hosey as rifles, shotgun and possibly a handgun, with some uncertainty as to the exact combination. He said the majority of the shell casings on scene came from a long gun.
The GBI and other law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, held a morning press conference at GBI headquarters in Decatur. Among the other revelations were that nearly 200 rounds struck six CDC buildings and that 500 shell casings were recovered at the scene.
The shooter, according to the GBI, did not have a prior criminal history; 11Alive has previously reported the history of 911 calls from his residence in Cobb County over suicidal threats and domestic disturbances.
Investigators are meeting with police that responded to those calls to find out further details, GBI Director Hosey said.
Director Hosey said a search of his residence found “written documentation that expressed the shooter’s discontent with the COVID-19 vaccinations.”
Director Hosey offered a message, as well, regarding the death of DeKalb County Police Department Officer David Rose in the shooting.
“Our hearts and prayers go to the family, friends and colleagues of DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose, who was killed in the line of duty during this incident. He served with honor, courage and unwavering dedication,” Director Hosey said. “His sacrifice will never be forgotten and his commitment to protecting others is a profound testament to the very best of the law enforcement profession.”
Special Agent in Charge Brown said Officer Rose “died a hero protecting his community.”
The update came Tuesday after HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the campus Monday and toured the jarring damage left behind by the shooter, identified as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White. According to an HHS statement, Kennedy surveyed “shattered windows” across multiple buildings, including the main guard booth, and was accompanied by CDC Director Susan Monarez.
Employees at the CDC worked remote Monday, and reportedly have been advised that remote work will continue through the end of the week. A message sent to staff over the weekend said security and safety assessments are ongoing after 180 shots were reportedly fired, breaking 150 windows.
The Associated Press reports that Building 21, which houses Monarez’s office, was hit by the largest number of bullets. CDC officials did not say if her office was hit.
11Alive additionally learned that a number of doors and locks at the CDC need to be replaced after police kicked them down trying to clear rooms to ensure everyone inside was sfgfe.
According to the AP, it may take “weeks or even months” to fully clean up all the damage and replace all the windows. Kennedy issued a statement Saturday that said “no one should face violence while working to protect the health of others,” and that top federal health officials were ”actively supporting CDC staff.”
DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose, 33, was killed when confronted a gunman who’d opened fire at the CDC headquarters and Emory Point CVS along Clifton Road. HHS officials said Kennedy visited the DeKalb County Police Department, meeting with the chief. He also got the chance to meet privately with Rose’s widow.
White, died at the CVS. He had first tried to enter the CDC campus but was turned away by security.
White reportedly blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal. 911 calls from White’s father, Kenneth White, were released on Monday as he called multiple times expressing concern that his son might be the shooter.
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“I’m very worried that he might have been involved in this shooting today,” he said on one of the calls. “I can’t get any information from anybody. I’ve called the DeKalb County 911 number three times and left detailed information, and no one ever called us back. I don’t know if he was involved. I need some help.
In one of those calls, Kenneth White requests a call back from an officer who helped him with 911 calls regarding his 30-year-old son in the past.
“He has been involved last summer with some problems we had with my adult son,” Kenneth White said. “Officer lacaruba had left me his name and number and said if you guys need anything with Patrick, give me a call. “
11Alive found there were ten 911 calls for service to Patrick White’s Kennesaw, Ga., address over the last two years, including suicide threats and domestic disturbance.
CDC workers who rallied in Piedmont Park on Sunday called for a change in the kind of rhetoric that has scapegoated public health institutions and workers, particularly regarding the COVID pandemic and vaccines.
“I think this violence was a result of the rhetoric used by the secretary of health and his appointees and followers, vilifying CDC, CDC workers, accusing us of atrocities and some of his followers have said we need to be punished,” said a CDC employee, Anne Yousaf. “I think leadership, especially (HHS Sec. Robert) Kennedy, denouncing that rhetoric and telling his followers publicly that violence against public health workers is unacceptable — would be a big help.”
Officer Rose left behind a wife and two children, as well as a third on the way. A GoFundMe posted Monday by DKPD for his family has raised more than $330,000 so far.
Officer Rose is remembered in the GoFundMe post as “more than a dedicated public servant – he was a loving father, a devoted husband, a cherished brother, and a loyal friend.”
The exact contours of the confrontation have not been outlined. Officer Rose’s mother, Deveane Atkinson, spoke to 11Alive’s Gilat Melamed on Sunday and said he wouldn’t have hesitated to answer the call again.
“…If you would ask him, he would do it again. That’s the kind of person he is. He would do it again,” she said.
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