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orangecrush

(31,156 posts)
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 10:37 AM Aug 2025

CDC Shootings Motive - Guess?


What we know about Friday’s shooting at the US’s top public health institute
By
Kathleen Magramo
,
Ray Sanchez
Updated 7 min ago

This still from aerial video shows an active police scene near the campus of Emory University and the CDC.
'He never had a chance': CNN reporter ...
1:03



Employees at the top US public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were winding down their Friday when bullets smashed through their office windows, whizzing just over their cubicle walls.

Across the street from the CDC campus, a gunman — possibly motivated by a hatred of vaccines — had opened fire on the agency’s buildings, bringing panic to the upscale Atlanta neighborhood and the sprawling, open-access campus of Emory University that is adjacent to it.

“Active shooter on Emory Atlanta Campus at Emory Point CVS. RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. Avoid the area. Continue shelter in place. Police on scene,” said a statement from the university.

....

The gunman was found dead on the second floor of the CVS store. He was struck by gunfire, but police could not say if it came from officers or the gunman himself.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Saturday identified Patrick Joseph White, 30, a resident of the Atlanta suburb Kennesaw, as the shooter.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/09/us/atlanta-cdc-emory-university-shooting-hnk


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CDC Shootings Motive - Guess? (Original Post) orangecrush Aug 2025 OP
I hadn't heard about this incident. bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #1
After speaking with family members of the suspect, police are operating under the hypothesis he was either sick or Celerity Aug 2025 #2
Where did he get the idea moondust Aug 2025 #3
Hard to say orangecrush Aug 2025 #4
here's the thing about Trump's revenge hate agingdem Aug 2025 #5

bucolic_frolic

(55,840 posts)
1. I hadn't heard about this incident.
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 10:45 AM
Aug 2025

A rage at vaccines? Seriously? How does one become so angry at vaccines ?

What happened at Emory U yesterday?

Celerity

(54,884 posts)
2. After speaking with family members of the suspect, police are operating under the hypothesis he was either sick or
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 10:48 AM
Aug 2025
believed that he was sick and blamed the illness on the Covid-19 vaccine, a law enforcement official told CNN.

agingdem

(8,958 posts)
5. here's the thing about Trump's revenge hate
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 12:36 PM
Aug 2025

it's not just limited to Blacks/Latinos/gays/transgender youth/the disabled/women/native Americans/Asians/Jews/the elderly/the poor/science/medicine/Democrats, his malicious hatred also includes institutions and countries...the CDC/universities/PBS/the Kennedy Center/CPB/Iceland/Greenland/Ukraine/Mexico/Canada..and because Trump's daily verbal blowouts target his growing list of perceived enemies, he gives permission to sadistic degenerates (like Trump) to kill with impunity..

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