The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) identified the suspect in Friday's deadly shooting at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) headquarters as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White. The GBI provided no additional information when contacted by Newsweek on Saturday morning.

Patrick Joseph White, 30, of Kennesaw, GA, was named as the suspect who police say opened fire at four CDC buildings in Atlanta and killed a DeKalb police officer. The suspect was named by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Aug.

CDC security guards stopped White from driving into the campus on Friday before he parked near a pharmacy across the street and opened fire from a sidewalk. The bullets pierced “blast-resistant” windows across the campus, pinning employees down during the barrage.

Patrick White has been identified as the man who opened fire at the CDC headquarters at Emory Point in Atlanta on Friday.

ATLANTA — Law enforcement have released the photo of the gunman who fired hundreds of rounds at the CDC last Friday and killed a DeKalb County Police Department officer. The photo of the shooter, 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White, was put out by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The man suspected of opening fire on CDC buildings in Atlanta had interacted with police after expressing thoughts of suicide, officials said.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified Patrick Joseph White as the active shooter in an incident near Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that left a DeKalb police officer dead.

A CVS manager survived the shooting by following the "run, hide, fight" advice, dropping behind the counter and calling 911 during a lull in gunfire.