A police officer has died from injuries sustained while responding to a shooting outside the headquarters of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is near Emory University. The Atlanta police department said the incident, which took place on Friday, involved a "single shooter" who is now dead.

Police in Atlanta say the suspect is dead and there is no ongoing threat after reports of an active shooter near Emory University and the CDC headquarters.

A police officer was killed during a shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Atlanta campus at Emory University. Shots were first reported just before 5 p.m. local time near the Emory Point CVS,