A police officer was killed after authorities say an active shooter opened fire near the CDC headquarters and Emory University's Atlanta campus.

The officer who was injured in the shooting on Emory University's campus in Atlanta is dead, Interim Chief Greg Padrick of DeKalb County Police Department said. He died of his injuries from a gunshot wound, Padrick said.

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.