A Georgia man who blamed the Covid-19 vaccine for making him sad and suicidal As a shooter who set fire on Friday late night At the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention Headquarters, a police officer died.
The law enforcement officer told the Associated Press on Saturday that the 30 -year -old suspects who died during the incident, who died during the incident, also tried to visit the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, but the guards had stopped by the guards before going to the pharmacy.
The man, known as Patrick Joseph White, was equipped with five guns, including at least a long gun, the official said, “Speaking on the condition of anonymity, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.”
A union representing workers in the CDC said the incident was not random and “CDC employees have tolerated the months of misconduct, neglect and dissolution.” It condemned the misinformation to the federal authorities and said that it is putting scientists at risk.
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Gunfier outside CDC headquarters
Police say White Set fire outside CDC headquarters In Atlanta on Friday, the huge campus leaves the bullet marks in the windows. At least four CDC buildings were killed, director Susan Monarez said on X.
Decalab County police officer David Rose was deadly injured while replying. Rose, 33, a sea veteran who served in Afghanistan graduated from the police academy in March.
Atlanta police chief Darin Sheerbam said that White was found on the second floor of a building across the road from the CDC premises. He said that “We do not know at this time whether he was from the authorities or if it was self-inspired.”
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation stated that the crime site was “complex” and the investigation “would take an extended period of time”.
Vaccine misinformation
Thousands of people working on important disease research are working in the CDC campus in Atlanta. Employees of the American Federation of Government, local 2883, said some employees were placed in various buildings till late night, including more than 90 young children who were locked inside the CDC’s Clifton School.
The Sangh said that the CDC staff should not need to return to work immediately after experiencing such a painful event. In a statement released on Saturday, it was stated that windows and buildings should be fixed first and made “completely safe”.
“The staff should not need to work next to the bullet hole,” the Sangh said. “Forcing a comeback in these circumstances, the risk of re -shocking the employees, which exposes them as a reminder of the frightening shooting.”
The Sangh also called for “circumference security on all premises” until the investigation is completely completed and shared with the employees.
A virtual meeting with the CDC employees took place on Saturday to try to assure the employees after shooting, CBS News confirmed. A CDC employee, who was not authorized to speak publicly and was on call, spoke to CBS News under the condition of anonymity. The employee said that the leadership in the agency told the employees that they were confident that their office was the target of Friday bullets. Employees will work from a distance on Monday, assessing the security of the person.
The Sangh has called the CDC and the leadership of the Department of Health and Human Services should provide “a clear and uneven trend in condemning the vaccine dissolution”.
Such a public statement by federal authorities is required to help prevent violence against scientists, the Sangh said in a news release.
The Sangh said, “Their leadership is important in strengthening public belief and ensuring that accurate, science-based information prevails.”
A group of CDC employees said that fighting, but fighting has said that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior “is directly responsible for the villain of the CDC workforce through his constant lies about science and vaccine safety, who have promoted an atmosphere of enmity and mistrust.”
Kennedy reached the employees on Saturday, saying that “no one should face violence while working to protect the health of others.”
“He was very unstable”
White’s father, who contacted the police and recognized his son as a potential shooter, said that White was upset with his dog’s death and according to the law enforcement officer, Kovid -19 was also cured on the vaccine.
A neighbor of White told the Atlanta Journal -Constitution that the White “looked like a good man” but talked to him several times about his mistrust of Kovid -19 vaccine in unrelated conversations.
Nancy Holst told the Atlanta newspaper, “He was very unstable, and he believed deeply that the vaccines were hurting him and hurting others.” “He believed that he used to loudly.”
But Holest said that she never believed that white would be violent: “I did not know that he felt that he would take it to CDC.”
Several White neighbors told CBS News that he was vocal against vaccines, and a law enforcement said that the officials were looking at the possibility that the gunman believed that Kovid -19 vaccines made him sick.
