The suspect’s father contacted police and identified his son as the possible shooter, the law enforcement official told AP.

The gunman identified in Friday’s shooting near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta apparently blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal. Armed with five guns,

Patrick White is believed to have struggled with his mental health, according to that information. As he grappled with those issues, sources said, White had become increasingly fixated on the COVID-19 vaccine as a source of his grievances.