A gunman who believed the Covid-19 vaccine had made him ill fired at the agency’s Atlanta offices, killing a police officer and rattling the public health community.

The suspected gunman in the shooting of a police officer at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta on Friday has been identified as Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia.

One DeKalb County officer was fatally shot when a man opened fire Friday afternoon. The suspect, who a neighbor said had expressed anti-vaccine sentiments, was also shot and died from his injuries.