An active shooter alert has been issued for Atlanta's Emory Point, near the headquarters for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) and Emory University campus on Friday evening.

Newsweek reached out to Emory University via email on Friday for additional information.

Why It Matters

There have been numerous active shooter incidents this year, including on a college campus, after a fatal shooting took place in April at Florida State University.

What To Know

The alert from the university, issued at 5 p.m., warned of an "active shooter" at the campus CVS and urged everyone nearby to "RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. Avoid the area."

Emory Hospital has also gone into lockdown, witness Randy Gould told CNN on Friday.

Gould said he was leaving the hospital, with his recently discha

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