Overview
- Emory University issued a police emergency alert via its campus safety app for the 800 block of Emory Point Drive near CDC headquarters.
- Authorities have not confirmed whether shots were fired, and details of the reported incident remain under investigation.
- A local reporter on X said a news helicopter was asked to leave the area for safety reasons.
- DeKalb County officials stated there was no active shooter reported in the area during the response.
- The alert comes months after an August 2025 attack near the CDC in which Officer David Rose was killed and the suspect, identified as Patrick Joseph White, died by suicide after expressing anti–COVID-19 vaccine grievances.