UPDATE: Emory University Sh**ter Identified, Allegedly Blamed COVID-19 Vaxx For Making Him Sick

The identity of the gunman who opened fire on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, GA on Friday has been revealed as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White.

Originally from Kennesaw, GA, Patrick allegedly targeted the CDC building near the university campus because blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for giving him an unspecified illness.

He was killed after a shootout with police. It still has not been revealed whether or not he killed himself or by the police.

Here’s everything we know so far:

The suspect that sparked an active shooter incident near Emory University and the Center for Disease Control has been identified by authorities as Patrick Joseph White, a 30-year-old man from Georgia. @ReporterFaith has details on the suspect's past. https://t.co/sT7RlYblTN pic.twitter.com/pbBTSzCLKx

— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) August 10, 2025

Very little is known about the suspect’s identity, other than that he reportedly got sick from the COVID-19 vaccine.

Allegedly, his vaccine injury made him suicidal.

His family also says that he was depressed after the death of his dog.

AP News reported:

A Georgia man who opened fire on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, shooting dozens of rounds into the sprawling complex and killing a police officer, had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Saturday.

The 30-year-old shooter also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta but was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire late Friday afternoon, the official said. He was armed with five guns, including at least one long gun, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation…

The suspect’s father contacted police and identified his son as the possible shooter, the law enforcement official told AP. The father said his son had been upset over the death of the son’s dog, and he had also become fixated on the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the official. The family lives in Kennesaw, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of CDC headquarters.

Neighbors described him as a friendly, helpful guy.

However, one noted that he seemed “unsettled” and often talked about how vaccines are hurting people.

Neighbors of gunman, Patrick White, tell me he was pleasant and often times helped with mowing their lawns and walking the neighborhood dogs.

One neighbor says White blamed the Covid-19 vaccines for making him sick.

More tonight at 6pm @11AliveNews pic.twitter.com/LOPtefqVxu

— Sefenech Henok (@SefenechHenokTV) August 9, 2025

More from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

The 30-year-old was known as a handyman of sorts in his quiet west Cobb neighborhood, regularly mowing lawns, trimming shrubs and walking dogs for his neighbors.

But in recent months, something seemed to change, said Nancy Hoalst, who lives directly across the street from White’s family. She said White regularly brought up his distrust of vaccines, even during casual conversations that were entirely unrelated.

“He was very unsettled and he very deeply believed that vaccines hurt him and were hurting other people.” Hoalst said. “He emphatically believed that.”

A man who answered the door at White’s listed address on Saturday declined to speak with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Untouched in the middle of the driveway was a copy of Saturday’s newspaper which included a story about the CDC shooting on the front page.

Hoalst, who has lived in the neighborhood about five years, said she always knew White to be friendly. In the fall, he would take it upon himself to blow the leaves off her lawn and driveway ahead of Halloween and the influx of trick-or-treaters.

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“He seemed like a good guy,” she said. “He would volunteer to walk dogs. He did good things.”

While he may have seemed a little peculiar, Hoalst said she never knew her neighbor to be violent in any way.

“I didn’t know he had those tendencies,” she said. “I had no idea he thought he would take it out on the CDC.”

However, he don’t even have a clear picture of this guy.

He apparently had zero social media presence.

In fact, he appears to be entirely absent from the internet, which is rather suspicious.

BREAKING NEWS:📣 They announced the Shooter’s name who killed the Officer at Emory University.

Patrick Joseph White

Why is there no web history on him? Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm.🤔 pic.twitter.com/XQC7e6nw5I

— MustangMedic (@MustangMedicX) August 9, 2025

The only potential photo we have of him is this picture from near the scene of the shooting:

It strikes me as a little weird that nobody can find a photo of this guy alive.

Was he scrubbed off the web?

The media also seems way too giddy to jump to conclusions that White must have been an anti-vaxx Trump supporter.

However, if he really was MAGA, why would he shoot up the CDC — which, underneath RFK Jr. is working to get rid of dangerous vaccines?

That narrative doesn’t add up either.

What are your thoughts on all this?