Breitbart News reported that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) named Patrick Joseph White as the suspect who allegedly opened fire on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offices near the university. DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose was killed in the attack, after which White took his own life.
White is alleged to have used stolen guns in attack.
ABC 7 reported that GBI director Chris Hosey indicated the guns were taken from a safe belonging to White’s father. Hosey noted that White allegedly “broke into” the safe.
On August 13, 2025, WRDW noted that gun control advocates responded to the shooting by pushing a red flag law. They did not say how a red flag law would prevent someone from stealing guns from someone else.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on X: @awrhawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
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