'I'm gonna shoot up the CDC' | Behind the Investigation
August 18, 2025
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'I'm gonna shoot up the CDC' | Behind the Investigation
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<p class="text | article-text">Ken White and his wife were watching television, having just gotten a call from their son, Patrick, around 5 p.m.</p>
<p class="text | article-text">“I asked him how he was doing,” Ken White recalled, “He said, ‘I’m gonna shoot up the CDC,’ and then he hung up.”</p>
<p class="text | article-text">The couple changed their television channel to a local newscast, where Ken White saw the unmistakable image of his car at the scene of the <a href="https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/13/police-were-calling-tactical-field-officers-during-cdc-shooting/" rel="noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/13/police-were-calling-tactical-field-officers-during-cdc-shooting/">Aug. 8, 2025, deadly shooting</a> near the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control that would claim the life of a DeKalb County police officer.</p>
<p class="text | article-text">The family’s horror would only increase as the hours unfolded. Law enforcement has determined Patrick Joseph White, 30, was the shooter in an incident that claimed the life of a DeKalb County police officer. Patrick White himself <a href="https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/12/federal-local-law-enforcement-officials-give-update-cdc-shooting/" rel="noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/12/federal-local-law-enforcement-officials-give-update-cdc-shooting/">took his own life</a> in the aftermath.</p>
<p class="text | article-text">In an exclusive interview with Atlanta News First Investigative Reporter Andy Pierrotti, Ken White describes his family’s anguish over the death of their son and <a href="https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/12/family-dekalb-officer-killed-cdc-shooting-recalls-his-fearlessness-willingness-help/" rel="noopener" target="_blank" title="https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/08/12/family-dekalb-officer-killed-cdc-shooting-recalls-his-fearlessness-willingness-help/">David Rose</a>, the officer killed in the shooting.</p>
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