Patrick White, the man who police say opened fired on the CDC headquarters, blamed his depression on the COVID-19 vaccine, multiple outlets reported.

According to law enforcement and sources close to the suspect, Patrick White, blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him sick and depressed.

Officials are still investigating a shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, that killed a police officer on Aug. 8. The suspect, Patrick Joseph White, 30, may have been disgruntled over vaccine side effects before perpetrating the shooting, according to multiple reports.

A gunman opened fire near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, killing Officer David Rose and triggering lockdowns. Investigators are examining whether the shooter's distrust of COVID-19 vaccines played a role in the attack.

CDC staffers participated in a meeting on Saturday, when several workers expressed anger and fear over a deadly shooting that killed a police officer and the suspect in Atlanta on Friday. Staffers who were inside the meeting say many of them blamed anti-CDC rhetoric from the Trump administration and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.