India, Aug. 9 -- The man behind the deadly shooting near the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta has been identified as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation statement says White died, and Officer David Rose with the DeKalb County Police Department was shot and killed during the shooting on Friday.

Authorities say White opened fire outside the CDC before storming a nearby CVS pharmacy on Emory University's campus, fatally shooting a responding police officer, David Rose.

Dekalb County Police Officer David Rose was rushed to Emory University Hospital but did not survive his injuries.

Without naming White Friday night, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dicken...