Emory University sent out an active shooting alert to its Atlanta campus late this afternoon. Additional details about the situation were not immediately clear. The Atlanta Police Department is on scene investigating an active shooter, police said in a statement. Information is still being collected as the incident is still unfolding, police said.

A gunman opened fire in Atlanta on Friday afternoon, near the campuses of both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University, killing a police officer who was responding to calls of an active shooter,