ATLANTA, Ga. — A number of protesters have gathered at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Monday after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited.
Kennedy Jr.’s visit comes just days after a deadly shooting claimed the life of 33-year-old DeKalb County police officer David Rose.
The CDC campus is mostly quiet in the aftermath of the shooting as employees work remotely. Among them is Yolanda Jacobs, who serves as President of the Local American Federation of Government employees.
“The trauma is going to set in over the coming days and weeks and months,” she said.
She says workers are traumatized following the shooting.
Kennesaw man Patrick White, the gunman accused of opening fire on the CDC on Friday also died in the shooting.
On Saturday, Kennedy Jr. released a statement on social media.
We are deeply saddened by the tragic shooting at CDC’s Atlanta campus that took the life of officer David Rose. We stand with his wife and three children and the entire CDC family.
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) August 9, 2025
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