CDC likely target in Atlanta shooting that killed officer

A shooting that left one police officer dead appeared to target the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, local officials said on Friday.

“We can tell you that multiple rounds were fired, both we believe at law enforcement and potentially at the CDC. Purposely, we can't say it definitively, but it would appear. We can't rule that out right now,” Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a Friday press conference.

On Friday afternoon, a shooting broke out near the CDC campus and Emory University in Atlanta. One........

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