Investigators have identified the man responsible for the shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention buildings near Emory University in Atlanta, which left a police officer dead.
The shooting occurred on the afternoon of Aug. 8, prompting a campus-wide “run, hide, fight” alert from Emory University. CDC Director Susan Monarez confirmed that at least four CDC buildings were hit by gunfire.
In an update on Aug. 9, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation named Patrick Joseph White, 30, of Kennesaw, Georgia, as the suspected shooter.
Authorities previously reported finding him dead from a gunshot wound on the second floor of a building that houses a CVS store. It remains unclear whether the wound was self-inflicted, or the result of return fire from police officers….