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

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.

Dekalb County Police Officer David Rose was killed by gunfire while responding to the incident, police said. Rose, 33, had two children, and his wife was pregnant with a third. Rose joined the DeKalb County Police Academy in September 2024 and graduated in March, 2025.