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Atlanta police respond to reports of shooter on Emory University campus Atlanta shooter dead and officer injured after shots at Emory campus and CDC
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University alerts students and staff to avoid area as workers inside deli near campus report hearing string of gunshots Police say ‘no ongoing threat … single shooter is deceased’ after witnesses say bullets struck windows of CDC buildings
Police are responding to a report of an active shooter on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Police and the FBI responded to a report of an active shooter near the Atlanta campus of Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Georgia on Friday.
Emory University alerted students and staff on Friday to an active shooter on their Atlanta campus, telling students to “RUN, HIDE, FIGHT” and avoid the area. Atlanta police said just after 6.40pm local time there was “no ongoing threat to the Emory campus or the surrounding neighborhood. The incident involved a single shooter, who is now deceased. One law enforcement officer was injured.”
Atlanta police said they were responding to reports of an active shooter. Emory University had alerted students and staff earlier to an active shooter on their Atlanta campus, telling students to “RUN, HIDE, FIGHT” and avoid the area. Just after 6.30pm local time, another update from the university advised students that “Shelter in place has been lifted”, but that the police emergency continued and they should avoid the area.
Staff at a deli near campus locked the doors and hunkered down inside. Brandy Giraldo, the General Muir deli’s chief operating officer, said staffers inside heard a string of gunshots. Witnesses told local media that shots were fired near the Emory Point CVS, which is close to the university’s Atlanta campus and the CDC’s Roybal campus.
“It sounded like fireworks going off, one right after the other,” she said. Employees at the CDC said bullets struck the windows of several buildings on the federal agency’s campus. One CDC employee sent photographs to the local CBS News affiliate in Atlanta showing what appeared to be shattered glass from the impact of gunshots on a federal building.
More details soon … “Twice this week, deranged criminals have targeted innocent Georgians,” Georgia’s governor, Brian Kemp, said in a statement, referring to the new incident and the mass shooting at Fort Stewart military base in south-east Georgia on Wednesday.
“Each time, brave first responders rushed toward the danger to subdue the shooter and save lives, reminding us of just how crucial they are. Marty, the girls, and I are thankful for all those who answer the call to serve and who protect their fellow Georgians. We ask that you join us in holding them in our prayers, along with those harmed this evening near the CDC center.”
Staff at a deli near campus locked the doors and hunkered down inside. Brandy Giraldo, the General Muir deli’s chief operating officer, said staffers inside heard a string of gunshots.
“It sounded like fireworks going off, one right after the other,” she said.
The Associated Press contributed reporting