Man who killed police officer in CDC shooting died from self-inflicted gunshot

FBI agents respond to the shooting at the campus of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Ben Hendren/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP/PA)

The man who fired more than 180 shots at the headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta last week died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after killing a police officer, officials have said.

Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) director Chris Hosey said documents found in a search of suspect Patrick Joseph White’s home “expressed the shooter’s discontent with the Covid 19 vaccinations” ahead of the August 8 attack.