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Elena Vega

A Year After the Atlanta Shooting, CDC Staff Say They Still Do Not Feel Safe at Work

Law enforcement near the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Global Headquarters during an active shooter incident on August 8, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Credit: Elijah Nouvelage | Getty Images))

A year after a gunman fired on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Atlanta headquarters, killing a DeKalb County police officer, agency employees say they do not feel meaningfully safer than they did that afternoon.

"I don't think we're any safer than we were a year ago," a doctor who still works at the agency told CNN, one of seven current and former staff interviewed who described continuing trauma and a sense of being targeted.

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