A police officer was killed after authorities say an active shooter opened fire near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters and Emory University's Atlanta campus on Friday afternoon.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man who opened fire at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as 30-year-old Patrick Joseph White of Kennesaw, Georgia.

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.

The secretary of the Army on Thursday honored the soldiers who stepped in to help during a shooting at Fort Stewart earlier this week. Three of the five soldiers injured in the shooting have since been released from the hospital and all are expected to recover.

Six soldiers at Fort Stewart, Ga., were honored Thursday with medals after a sergeant opened fire, shooting and injuring five fellow soldiers Wednesday.