The man who fired more than 180 shots with a long gun at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broke into a locked safe to get his father's weapons and wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines,

Investigators released a photo on Tuesday of the gunman, Patrick White, of Kennesaw. Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell has been digging into White’s past, where she learned his father had called police about White’s mental health. GBI director Chris Hosey said White took his father’s guns for the attack.

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,