An active shooter at Emory University in Georgia is now dead, Atlanta police said in a statement. The university wrote on X on Aug. 8, "Emory Emergency: Active shooter on Emory Atlanta Campus at Emory Point CVS.

Police in Atlanta say the suspect is dead after a shooting near Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters.

One officer “received gunfire” while responding to the incident and was critically injured, DeKalb County Police Chief Gregory Patrick said Friday evening. The shooting was reported at a CVS Pharmacy at Emory Point, located down the street from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, also in Atlanta.