A gunman attacked the main campus of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday, further shaking an agency in the midst of a tumultuous year.

One police officer died in the shooting. Atlanta police said the shooter was killed and there was no ongoing threat in a release at 6:40 p.m.

Susan Monarez, the agency’s director who was sworn in just last week, said in a post on X that the agency was working with federal, state, and local law enforcement to investigate the shooting.

“Our top priority is the safety and well-being of everyone at CDC,” Monarez wrote.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared Monarez’s post on X but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

At least four buildings on the CDC’s Roybal Campus, near the campus of Emory University,

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