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Wall Street Journal
4 days ago
- Wall Street Journal
Shooter at Emory University Campus Injures Police Officer
A suspect has been killed and a police officer critically injured after reports of an active shooter at Emory University in Atlanta, local police said. Officers responded to reports of an active shooter at a CVS Pharmacy at roughly 4:50 p.m., Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a news conference Friday night. There, they found a DeKalb County police officer who had been critically injured.
CNN
4 days ago
- CNN
Live updates: Active shooter reported at Emory University, school says
Update: Date: 4 min ago Title: Hour after first alert, Emory says people should still shelter in place and that police are on the scene Content: Emory University continued to urge people to shelter in place, around an hour after first announcing an active shooter on campus. 'Avoid the area,' the university's Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response said in a post on X around 6 p.m. local time. 'Continue shelter in place. Police on scene.' Update: Date: 5 min ago Title: Here's an aerial view of police activity on the campus of Emory University Content: Take a look at the site of police activity on the campus of Emory University after the school reported an active shooter. Update: Date: 14 min ago Title: DeKalb County police urge people to stay indoors Content: The DeKalb County Police Department urged people to stay indoors after reports of an active shooter on Emory University's campus in Atlanta, Georgia. 'We're dealing with an active investigation,' the department told CNN. Update: Date: 12 min ago Title: 'It sounded like fireworks going off, one right after the other" Content: Staff working at a deli near Emory University's campus heard gunshots and locked themselves inside, according to The Associated Press. Brandy Giraldo, chief operating officer of General Muir, an Atlanta deli, told the AP that staffers heard a string of gunshots. 'It sounded like fireworks going off, one right after the other,' she said. Update: Date: 12 min ago Title: Man recalls seeing people running after leaving Emory University Hospital Content: Randy Gold said he was leaving a hospital near Emory University when he heard people running from an active shooting situation. 'We were actually exiting the hospital. My father was just discharged so we were rolling out of the elevator in a wheelchair. As soon as we turned towards the exit, people were running toward us, doctors, nurses, the valet parkers, everybody screaming that there's an active shooter,' Gold told CNN. He said he and his father 'ducked into a hallway' and into the first office they could find. He is sheltering now at the University of Emory Hospital, which is under lockdown. Gold said he has only received information so far from the hospital on the developing situation. Update: Date: 26 min ago Title: "This is still an active scene," Atlanta Police Department says on social media Content: 'This is still an active scene,' the Atlanta Police Department said in a post on X. 'As of right now, please avoid the area,' the post, addressed to the media, reads. 'When we establish a staging area, we will update you.' Update: Date: 27 min ago Title: Emory University reports an active shooter on its campus Content: There is an active shooter on the Emory University campus in Atlanta, Georgia, according to the university. 'RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. Avoid the area,' the university said on its website. It described the situation as being at Emory Point CVS.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Yahoo
'Active shooter' reported near Emory University in Atlanta: Police
The Atlanta Police Department said officers are responding to reports of an active shooter situation near Emory University on Friday, Aug. 8. The private university in DeKalb County issued an alert warning there was an "active shooter" at the CVS store on campus at around 4 p.m. local time. The alert urged people to "RUN, HIDE, FIGHT. Avoid the area." There was heavy police presence at at Emory Point near the campus and gunshots were heard coming from the CDC campus, according to local station WAGA. USA TODAY has reached out to the Atlanta Police Department and Emory University for comment. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'Active shooter' reported near Emory University in Atlanta: Police Solve the daily Crossword
