He "very deeply believed that vaccines hurt him and were hurting other people," a neighbor told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. White died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound during the CDC shooting.

The man suspected of opening fire outside the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday had been critical of the Covid-19 vaccine, authorities said.A search of Patrick Joseph White’s home revealed written documents in which he indicated his discontent with the vaccine,

Documents found in a search of the home where Patrick Joseph White lived with his parents “expressed the shooter’s discontent with the COVID-19 vaccinations,” authorities said.