Atlanta police close midtown blocks in response to shooter

ATLANTA (AP) — Police in Atlanta have closed streets around at least four square blocks of office and apartment buildings in response to gunfire in the city’s midtown area. The emergency response is heavy, including an armored vehicle, ambulance and multiple squad cars with officers carrying long guns. Local news outlets report they’re responding to someone who fired at officers on a street of high-rise office and apartment buildings, with no reported injuries, and that police believe they’ve contained the shooter within their perimeter. An Atlanta police statement said only that the department had responded to an incident in the area and had begun an investigation.