University alerts students and staff to avoid area as workers inside deli near campus report hearing string of gunshots

The Atlanta Police Department said that it was investigating and was still gathering information.

University alerts students and staff to avoid area as workers inside deli near campus report hearing string of gunshots

College students at Emory in Atlanta, Georgia, were told to run, hide, or fight following the active shooter alert.

Unverified social media reports suggest nearby Centres for Disease Control and Prevention building targeted

Employees at the CDC said bullets struck the windows of several buildings on the federal agency's campus.

Those on campus were advised to ‘run, hide, fight’ as police responded to an active shooter situation near the CDC.

The suspected shooter on Emory University's Atlanta downtown campus is dead, authorities said, and a DeKalb County officer responding reportedly was killed.

Emory University and CDC shooter dead, one officer injured, public safe, shelter-in-place lifted, avoid area, first responders praised.

The suspected shooter on Emory University's downtown Atlanta campus is dead and a DeKalb County officer responding to the incident was killed, authorities said.

Un agente ferito e l'aggressore morto. E' il bilancio della sparatoria alla Emory University, in Georgia. Lo afferma la polizia, secondo quanto riporta Cnn. (ANSA). (ANSA)

Authorities released more information after a shooter opened fire on Centers for Disease Control buildings near Emory University in Atlanta.