Overview

• Emory University and adjacent CDC campuses issued RUN, HIDE, FIGHT alerts and shelter-in-place orders after reports of an active shooter near Emory Point CVS on Clifton Road.
• Responding officers located the lone gunman on the second floor of the CVS, exchanged fire, and declared no ongoing threat once he was neutralized.
• A DeKalb County law enforcement officer was wounded in the response and remains hospitalized.
• Authorities say the shooter blamed an illness on the COVID-19 vaccine and that his father had contacted police beforehand over concerns about his son’s mental state.
• The incident underscores challenges in securing public health sites and identifying threats posed by individuals with known mental health issues.