ATLANTA — A suspected shooter near the campuses of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University is dead and one law enforcement officer is injured after police responded to reports of an active shooter Friday, authorities said.

Authorities said there was no longer a threat to the public. Emory University announced in a post on X that the shelter-in-place order on campus had been lifted, but for people to avoid the area.

At the CDC campus, employees said bullets struck the windows of several buildings.

“We’re horrified by the news out of Emory University and praying for the safety of the entire campus community,” Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said.

Around 6 p.m., a warning siren repeatedly sounded near the Emory and CDC campuses.

Emory’s main campus, E

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