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

A DeKalb County police officer and gunman are dead after a man opened fire near the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University in Atlanta, police say.

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.