Atlanta officials confirmed a suspected shooter behind an attack on Aug. 8 near Emory University and the headquarters for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dead and a law enforcement officer was killed.

Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said the shooter "fired at law enforcement and potentially the CDC." Schierbaum said police found the suspect on the second floor of a building housing a CVS store across the street. He died at the scene from a gunshot wound. It was unclear if it came from officers or was self-inflicted.

DeKalb County Officer David Rose , 33, was killed in the attack, authorities said in a news release late on Aug. 8. DeKalb Police Chief Gregory Padrick asked for privacy for the family.

DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson said Rose was a fathe

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