Suspected gunman dead and police officer hurt in Emory University shooting
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The incident took place near the entrance to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, where the federal agency's employees say bullets struck the windows of several CDC buildings.
Emory University announced in a social media post that the shelter-in-place order has been lifted but to avoid the area.
'We're horrified by the news out of Emory University and praying for the safety of the entire campus community,' Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said.
Staff at a deli near campus locked the doors and hunkered down inside. Brandy Giraldo, General Muir's chief operating officer, said staff inside heard a string of gunshots.
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'It sounded like fireworks going off, one right after the other,' she said.
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