Overview

• The Georgia Bureau of Investigation recovered over 500 shell casings at the scene and confirmed roughly 200 bullets struck six CDC buildings.
• Authorities seized five firearms that 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White took from his father’s locked safe before the Aug. 8 attack.
• Investigators recovered handwritten and typed documents showing that White blamed COVID-19 vaccines for his depression and distrusted public-health guidance.
• Digital forensic teams are processing electronics and writings from the shooter’s home as part of a months-long, multiagency investigation.
• The CDC has ordered staff to work remotely and launched campus security assessments while employee unions press for stronger perimeter protections and armed guards.