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Shooting At CNN Center In Downtown Atlanta
POSTED: 1:36 pm EDT April 3, 2007
UPDATED: 2:07 pm EDT April 3, 2007
ATLANTA -- There has been a shooting at the CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta.
CNN reports that a woman was shot in the face.
A CNN security guard shot and wounded the gunman, according to police.
Witnesses say they saw a man dragging a woman by the hair just before the shooting.
The gunman is in custody, according to CNN.
Steve Coleman, Atlanta police spokesman, said two people, the victim and the suspect, had been shot.
Officials say both of the shooting victims are in critical condition.
"There were people screaming and running for cover," said CNN producer Laura Bernadini, who was in the atrium of the massive building at the time of the shooting.
The CNN.com newsroom has been evacuated. That operation is in the lower level of the CNN Center.
A CNN producer says paramedics are treating two people at the scene.
WSB-TV Channel 2 has several crews heading to the scene.
Check back at wsbtv.com for updates.
POSTED: 1:36 pm EDT April 3, 2007
UPDATED: 2:07 pm EDT April 3, 2007
ATLANTA -- There has been a shooting at the CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta.
CNN reports that a woman was shot in the face.
A CNN security guard shot and wounded the gunman, according to police.
Witnesses say they saw a man dragging a woman by the hair just before the shooting.
The gunman is in custody, according to CNN.
Steve Coleman, Atlanta police spokesman, said two people, the victim and the suspect, had been shot.
Officials say both of the shooting victims are in critical condition.
"There were people screaming and running for cover," said CNN producer Laura Bernadini, who was in the atrium of the massive building at the time of the shooting.
The CNN.com newsroom has been evacuated. That operation is in the lower level of the CNN Center.
A CNN producer says paramedics are treating two people at the scene.
WSB-TV Channel 2 has several crews heading to the scene.
Check back at wsbtv.com for updates.