A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a Georgia man who opened fire Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta had blamed the COVID-19 v

On the 8th (local time), a shooting occurred in front of the main building of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta and a nearby pharmacy. According to local media such as the New York Times,

A police officer has died from injuries sustained while responding to a shooting outside the headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is near Emory University. The Atlanta police department said the incident, which took place on Friday, involved a "single shooter" who is now dead.