A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters,

The gunman identified in Friday’s shooting near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta apparently blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal. Armed with five guns,

"Kennedy is directly responsible for the villainization of CDC's workforce through his continuous lies about science and vaccine safety, which have fueled a climate of hostility and mistrust," one ex-employee wrote, according to the Associated Press news agency.