A police officer was killed during a shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Atlanta campus at Emory University.

Shots were first reported just before 5 p.m. local time near the Emory Point CVS, prompting Emory University to issue an emergency alert and an order to shelter in place and for the CDC campus to be locked down.

The shelter-in-place order for the university has been lifted, as police have confirmed there is no further threat, though the CDC campus remains on lockdown. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens expressed his gratitude to law enforcement for responding swiftly to secure the scene.

DeKalb County Police confirmed that one of their officers who responded to the situation was killed. While his name was not released, DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johns

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