GA - Active Shooter on Emory College campus - Atlanta - Aug 8, 2025

[vls12345]

Yes, it's unusual that his photo has not been made public. I don't know what to make of that and I cringe to think what conspiracy theorists are making up to explain it. Bottomline is, we don't know yet. imo

Yeah, I find it odd that there is no photo officially released of the shooter. Imo.

 

[cenazoic]

A 2022 study found "depression may cause people to be more vulnerable to believing misinformation."

Depression or no, we’re ALL increasingly vulnerable to believing misinformation due to a perfect storm of decreased critical thinking skills, algorithmic dark patterns designed to confirm your existing biases, and a news media more intent on editorializing than reporting.

I despair, I declare.

 

[Betty P]

When I got Dr. Fauci's autobiography from the library, I put it in the trunk because I was concerned about someone seeing it in my car, and vandalize it.

Things like this shouldn't be happening!

It’s insanity. Crazy times we live in, like Nazi Germany.

 

[Betty P]

CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting

Deadly violence not random as staff have endured ‘months of mistreatment, neglect and vilification’, says union

www.theguardian.com

“A union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta.

The CDC workers’ union said the deadly violence Friday was not random and “compounds months of mistreatment, neglect, and vilification that CDC staff have endured”. It said vaccine misinformation had put scientists at risk.”

Good for them, standing up for their rights.

 

[Inthedetails]

Depression or no, we’re ALL increasingly vulnerable to believing misinformation due to a perfect storm of decreased critical thinking skills, algorithmic dark patterns designed to confirm your existing biases, and a news media more intent on editorializing than reporting.

I despair, I declare.

I agree. We're all vulnerable.

But I thought the study relevant in this particular case since the perp is specifically blaming the vaccine for his depression. He was, perhaps, more vulnerable to misinformation to begin with, due to depression. Then it all got muddled and reinforced in his head.

And my personal take on it, misinformation is addicting. Once people get hooked on misinformation, they want more of it and enjoy spreading it, even if it alienates friends and family. Not a proven fact, just what I've noticed. And they get angry, like an addict, when questioned, imo.

The neighbor's comments that it became like a faith to the shooter rings true, imo. Misinformation becomes some people's personality, imo.

jmopinion

 

[vls12345]

CVS employee shares moments suspected CDC shooter entered store

A CVS employee recounted the moments she and her co-workers took cover during Friday's shooting near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory campus.

www.wsbtv.com

 

[vls12345]

CDC employees voice concerns about returning to work after shooting

CDC staff will work remotely on Monday, in the wake of the shooting near agency headquarters. An all-hands meeting is expected Tuesday

www.wsbtv.com

 

[vls12345]

'He would do it again': Mother of fallen Officer David Rose speaks on son's willingness to help others

Officer Rose had just joined the DeKalb County Police Department in 2024.

www.11alive.com

 

[vls12345]

Business near CDC Atlanta shooting describe fear, heartbreak

Several businesses at the Emory Point shopping center were forced into lockdown Friday.

www.11alive.com

 

[vls12345]

Public health workers calling for change in rhetoric after deadly CDC shooting

Past and present workers of the CDC are calling for a change in heated rhetoric about public health.

www.11alive.com

 

[Inthedetails]

Regarding CDC scientists:

“We feel threatened from inside, and, obviously, now from outside,” a lab scientist said Aug. 10. “The trauma runs so differently in all of us. And is this the last straw for some of us? The overall morale — would you go back in the building and you could be shot at?”

Inside the CDC, shooting adds to trauma as workers describe projects, careers in limbo

Healthbeat interviewed 11 CDC workers, who offered a rare glimpse into conditions at the agency. All but one had been fired then offered their jobs back.

www.mmm-online.com

 

[Inthedetails]

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams [who served under first Trump administration] blasted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his “delayed and tepid response” to the fatal shooting that occurred at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Friday in Atlanta.

In an op-ed published Saturday by Stat, Adams wrote it was “clear” that the shooting was a “a dire reflection of ever-escalating threats public health workers face in a climate increasingly shaped by misinformation, politicization, and inflammatory rhetoric....

He called on federal leadership to condemn rhetoric that vilifies public health professionals, to stop scapegoating public frustration onto health professionals, protect health care workers and to fund actionable solutions instead of just messaging.”

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5446472-jerome-adams-blasts-kennedy-response-cdc-shooting/

 

[vls12345]

Robert Kennedy said to visit CDC in Atlanta today

Security assessments are ongoing at the CDC campus after a gunman opened fire on CDC buildings Friday and killed an officer who confronted him.

www.11alive.com

Meanwhile, Department of Health and Human Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was said to be visiting the Roybal campus Monday afternoon. No details on the HHS secretary's visit have been released, and it appeared he had left sometime around 1 p.m.

Some current and former CDC employees demonstrated outside the campus upon hearing of Kennedy's arrival.

 

[vls12345]

GoFundMe goal surpassed for DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose killed in CDC shooting

DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose is remembered in a GoFundMe post as a "loving father, a devoted husband, a cherished brother, and a loyal friend."

www.11alive.com

 

[Inthedetails]

The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows, with bullets piercing “blast-resistant” windows and spattering glass shards into numerous rooms, according to information circulated internally at the agency.

It may take weeks or even months to replace windows and clean up the damage, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention personnel said....at least four CDC buildings were hit in the attack.

Man fired 180 shots, breaking 150 windows, in CDC attack | WBAL Baltimore News

NEW YORK (AP) — The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windows, with bullets piercing "blast-resistant"

www.wbal.com

 

[Leilei]

KENNESAW, Ga. - Police reports show the suspected CDC shooter, Patrick Joseph White, had police called on him three different times about being suicidal in the past year. In at least one of those calls, White's father told dispatchers that White had gotten a gun.

Suspected CDC shooter previously reported to police for suicide attempts

The suspected CDC shooter was reported to police three times for possible suicide attempts and had access to a gun in at least one of the attempts.

www.fox5atlanta.com

 

[Betty P]

I agree. We're all vulnerable.

But I thought the study relevant in this particular case since the perp is specifically blaming the vaccine for his depression. He was, perhaps, more vulnerable to misinformation to begin with, due to depression. Then it all got muddled and reinforced in his head.

And my personal take on it, misinformation is addicting. Once people get hooked on misinformation, they want more of it and enjoy spreading it, even if it alienates friends and family. Not a proven fact, just what I've noticed. And they get angry, like an addict, when questioned, imo.

The neighbor's comments that it became like a faith to the shooter rings true, imo. Misinformation becomes some people's personality, imo.

jmopinion

You make a very good point about the psychological addiction some have of following misinformation campaigns. It’s very addicting to many who can’t thinks for themselves. It provides easy answers to difficult questions and a sense of security in what they believe is a scary, dangerous world.

 

[Inthedetails]

You make a very good point about the psychological addiction some have of following misinformation campaigns. It’s very addicting to many who can’t thinks for themselves. It provides easy answers to difficult questions and a sense of security in what they believe is a scary, dangerous world.

I think the negative, scary ruminations of misinformation are, in a strange way, comforting to some.

Forgive this analogy, but it suddenly reminds me of cotton candy - how vendors at fairs swirl around the paper cone in the circular machine and the cotton candy builds up until it's a big fluffy mass. That amassed swirl of cotton candy is like misinformation spiraling in the brain. The pink candy might be tempting, but it's full of nothing and isn't real food.

(I know that's a silly comparison.)

jmopinon

 

[vls12345]

In 911 calls, father of the CDC shooter pleaded for help, fearing his son was gunman

11Alive found there were ten 911 calls for service to Patrick White's Kennesaw address over the last two years, including suicide threats and domestic disturbance.

www.11alive.com

 

[vls12345]

Suspect fired more than 180 shots during attack on CDC, agency tells staff in internal memo

CDC officials told staff the suspect who attacked the campus fired off more than 180 shots.

www.wsbtv.com