ATLANTA (AP) — A suspected gunman is dead and a police officer was shot after law enforcement responded to reports of an active shooter near the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University campuses Friday, authorities said.
No civilians are believed to have been injured, but several rounds hit buildings on the CDC's sprawling campus, said Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum. CDC employees circulated photos from inside the buildings that appear to show numerous windows with bullet impacts in them.
The shooter was armed with a long gun, and authorities recovered three other firearms at the scene, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation.
The gunman was fo