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

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Employees at the CDC worked remote Monday, and reportedly have been advised that remote work will continue through the end of the week.

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Photo released of gunman in CDC Atlanta shooting

Law enforcement agencies provided new details on the investigation Tuesday morning.
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GBI says 5 weapons belonging to gunman's father were recovered at CDC shooting scene; shooter died of self-inflicted wound

Law enforcement agencies provided new details on the investigation Tuesday morning.
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The mix of the five guns was described by GBI Director Chris Hosey as rifles, shotgun and possibly a handgun, with some uncertainty as to the exact combination. He said the majority of the shell casings on scene came from a long gun.
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Among the other revelations were that nearly 200 rounds struck six CDC buildings and that 500 shell casings were recovered at the scene.
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Just to give a feel for how many shots were happening:
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Just to give a feel for how many shots were happening:
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sheer insanity
 
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LadyL said:
sheer insanity
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Extremely dangerous for everyone in the area. If this was an AR 15 using typical military grade ammunition, those bullets can travel up to a mile or more before slowing down.

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Damage caused by typical AR 15 bullet

 
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CDC employees are calling for Russell Vought and other officials to be fired for their threatening language directed at them.


"We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected," Vought said in the video, obtained by ProPublica and the research group Documented. "When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains."

Disgraceful and totally unacceptable.
 
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LadyL said:
I wonder if that's an older pic of him. He looks 16 to me, not 30.
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I agree. I think it's a driver's license photo that is old.

FWIW, I had the same driver's license photo for many years. I finally did update it this year. The license was valid, but the photo was old.

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Are gun safes really so flimsy that a killer can break into them? I don't believe the excuse this monster's parents are trying to use. JMO, they're just trying to avoid responsibility.


It also appears he did try to access the CDC campus, but was turned back by security guards. He then went across the street and began shooting at the building from there.


The shooter was stopped by CDC security guards before driving to a nearby pharmacy and opening fire late Friday afternoon, a law enforcement official has told the AP. The official wasn’t authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. The 30-year-old man, Patrick Joseph White, later died, but authorities haven’t said whether he was killed by police or killed himself.
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Our scientists are a precious, extremely valuable resource, JMO more important than our military. I can't believe our current elected officials are treating them so shabbily, blatantly encouraging the public to attack them.

Can you imagine what would happen if high ranking government officials were repeatedly and publicly encouraging citizens to attack and kill members of our military or law enforcement? Why are we allowing this criminal behavior?
 
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Betty P said:
Are gun safes really so flimsy that a killer can break into them? I don't believe the excuse this monster's parents are trying to use. JMO, they're just trying to avoid responsibility.

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I am dismayed a family that KNEW someone in the household was suicidal would keep guns at all, even in a secure safe. Get rid of them! (Yes, I know people love their guns, but please don't prioritize them over a family member who is a danger to self and others.)

But...he was a grown adult. I don't think the parents would be criminally responsible, imo, for his actions - unless they had guardianship or something like that, I suppose.

I think it was a mistake to have the guns in the home, in a safe or not, but I don't think it was a crime.

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Inthedetails said:
I am dismayed a family that KNEW someone in the household was suicidal would keep guns at all, even in a secure safe. Get rid of them! (Yes, I know people love their guns, but please don't prioritize them over a family member who is a danger to self and others.)

But...he was a grown adult. I don't think the parents would be criminally responsible, imo, for his actions - unless they had guardianship or something like that, I suppose.

I think it was a mistake to have the guns in the home, in a safe or not, but I don't think it was a crime.

jmopinion.
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People like that are usually the type to deny their own child is suicidal or has mental problems. We've seen it often will mass shooters, especially those from affluent backgrounds.

A couple I can recall offhand:

Travis Reinking, who killed 4 people and wounded 6 others in a Waffle House near Nashville, TN. He used an AR 15 given to him by his wealthy parents, even though he was a paranoid schizophrenic.

Nashville Waffle House shooting - Wikipedia

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Then there was Payton Gendron of Buffalo, NY, who killed 10 black people and injured 3, all of who were shopping at a Tops grocery store. An avowed racist, Payton shot them because they were black.

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2022 Buffalo shooting - Wikipedia

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Buffalo, N.Y., Mass Shooting

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He was armed with a Bushmaster XM-15 AR-15–style rifle, illegally modified to accept high-capacity magazines,[1][2][3] and he had multiple 30-round ammunition magazines.[28] In his car, he had a Savage Arms Axis XP hunting rifle and a Mossberg 500 shotgun.[1] He was wearing body armor, a military helmet, and a recording camera attached to his helmet through which he livestreamed the attack on the online service Twitch.[17][29] As he approached the grocery store entrance, he was recorded on his livestream saying "just got to go for it".[30]
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Gendron lived at home and had been referred for mental health evaluation, but his parents did nothing to prevent him buying dangerous military grade weapons and ammo, along with tactical gear.

Don't forget Adam Lanza who was responsible for mass murder at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. He killed 20 children and 6 school staffers with 3 military grade semi-automatic "long guns" /s, purchased for him by his wealthy mother.

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These are just 3 of many failsons from wealthy families who acquired dangerous assault weapons with the consent or help of their parents and went on to commit mass murders.
 
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Betty P said:
People like that are usually the type to deny their own child is suicidal or has mental problems. We've seen it often will mass shooters, especially those from affluent backgrounds.
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I hear ya, but this family had LE come to their house before because he was suicidal. They knew, imo.

I have sympathy for them and do not want to pile on them as I'm sure they are broken by this. And at the same time, I wish they had put a priority on safety and gotten rid of the guns completely while living with a suicidal son.

jmopinion
 
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Betty P said:
Don't forget Adam Lanza who was responsible for mass murder at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. He killed 20 children and 6 school staffers with 3 military grade semi-automatic "long guns" /s, purchased for him by his wealthy mother.
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Yes, and he killed that same mother prior to going on to Sandy Hook.

It’s just difficult and traumatizing to imagine your own child can be a murderer when you remember him as a sweet little baby whose diapers you’ve changed.

JMO
 
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Arkay said:
Yes, and he killed that same mother prior to going on to Sandy Hook.

It’s just difficult and traumatizing to imagine your own child can be a murderer when you remember him as a sweet little baby whose diapers you’ve changed.

JMO
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But if he's been diagnosed as having mental illness, etc., why would you buy him 3 military grade assault rifles and tactical gear?

No, I would never do that. That wouldn't make sense to most parents. That said, we never allowed guns in our home, especially when our kids were growing up. Buying any minor a military grade assault weapon is insanity to me.
 
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Inthedetails said:
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I hear ya, but this family had LE come to their house before because he was suicidal. They knew, imo.

I have sympathy for them and do not want to pile on them as I'm sure they are broken by this. And at the same time, I wish they had put a priority on safety and gotten rid of the guns completely while living with a suicidal son.

jmopinion
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Exactly, there never should have been guns in the house knowing he was suicidal. At least put a measure of difficulty or a hurdle to possibly prevent tragedy.
 
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