A police officer was left critically injured after authorities say an active shooter opened fire near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters and Emory University’s Atlanta campus on Friday afternoon.
The Atlanta Police Department said the suspect is now dead from a gunshot wound, which may have been self-inflicted. No civilians were shot in the incident, police said.
Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said during a press conference Friday evening that the suspect shot multiple rounds at the CDC building, breaking windows.
Law enforcement at the scene or a reported shooting at Emory University’s Atlanta campus in Atlanta, Aug. 8, 2025.
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There were 92 children at a day care center on the CDC campus at the time, who were unharmed, police added.
The gunfire was reported at 4:50 p.m.
Responding DeKalb County police officers located the suspect on the second floor of the Emory Point CVS Pharmacy across the street from the CDC building and attempted to engage the person when gunfire was exchanged, police said.
A DeKalb County Police officer was critically injured in the exchange, Schierbaum said, and the officer was being treated at Emory Hospital. Authorities did not provide an update on the officer’s condition.
Four other people were transported to an area hospital for stress and anxiety-related reasons, the police chief said.
Shortly after the shooting was a reported, a shelter-in-place order was put in place on the Emory University campus and later lifted. “RUN. HIDE. FIGHT. Avoid the area,” the university said in an alert Friday afternoon.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters sign is seen behind a police line in Atlanta, Aug. 8, 2025.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp released a statement on X thanking first responders for rushing “toward the danger to subdue the shooter and save lives.”
“We ask that you join us in holding them in our prayers, along with those harmed this evening near the CDC Center,” Kemp wrote.
FBI Atlanta and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating the incident.
Emergency vehicles line up near Emory University and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Aug. 8, 2025.
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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr released a statement Friday, saying, “We’re horrified by the news out of Emory University and praying for the safety of the entire campus community.”
The White House was monitoring the situation, an official told ABC News.
ABC News’ Pierre Thomas, Luke Barr and Kelsey Walsh contributed to this report.
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