The Atlanta Police Department said an active shooter near Emory University is dead and one officer was killed in the incident.

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.

A gunman, who reportedly believed he was sick from the COVID-19 vaccine, is dead after opening fire at Emory University, near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters. A police officer who was critically wounded responding to the shooting later died in the hospital.