Officer who was killed responding to shooting at Atlanta CDC identified

<p>Police say gunman might have been motivated by a belief that he had been made sick by the Covid-19 vaccine</p><p>The police officer who was shot to death in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/08/atlanta-police-emory-university-georgia">a confrontation</a> with a gunman near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/atlanta">Atlanta</a> has been identified as 33-year-old David Rose – a husband and father of two daughters who had a son on the way.</p><p>Rose, who joined the DeKalb county police force in September of last year and previously served in the US marines, was responding to reports of gunfire near the CDC campus when he was stuck. He was later rushed to the Emory University hospital, where he died of his injuries.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/police-officer-david-rose-atlanta-cdc-shooting">Continue reading...</a>