DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — There was a heavy police presence on Emory University’s campus on Friday, right across from the CDC, because someone reported a gunman on the roof of an apartment building.
They thought it was a repeat of the shooting that happened there last summer. Turns out, it was a false alarm.
The shooting at the CDC is very fresh in people’s minds, especially when the memorial for the officer who died in August is still there in plain sight.
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Julio Tercera works nearby along Clifton Road, directly across the street from the CDC on Emory University’s campus…
“I was thinking about it when I saw all the police around. It’s been happening a lot,” he told Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes.
He said shootings happen so often now that he thought there was another one there on Friday.
“I got scared. I was working, I was cleaning, and out of nowhere, these two cops came into the building. They told me to get out,” Tercera said.
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Someone called 911 and reported a gunman on the roof of the building. Turns out, it was workers repairing the HVAC system.
“I went back to the building, and cops came out, and they said, ‘Clear.’ Nothing happened at all,” Tercera said.
He was glad police took the call seriously because he remembers the shooting in August when someone fired 500 shots at the CDC, and a DeKalb County police officer was killed.
Emory University sent out two alerts, one warning students about a possible emergency, and then they sent out one saying all was clear.
“I saw some repair men going in, but I didn’t know it was gonna be this serious,” Tercera said.