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Silas Kruger Falsely Linked to CDC Shooting at Emory Point, Atlanta Police Yet to Confirm Suspect
[CedarNews] Social media posts naming Emory University student Silas Kruger as the CDC shooter are false, his mother confirms.
Several social media posts have falsely linked Silas Kruger to Friday’s shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) building in Atlanta, Georgia. However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
Atlanta police have not confirmed the suspect’s identity, and Kruger’s mother says the claims are untrue.
Kruger, an Emory University student, was named online as the alleged shooter who shot up the CDC facility on Clifton Street at Emory Point. His mother told the Hindustan Times via email that the accusations are baseless.
"We have people that have been harassing my son (Silas Kruger) online, but we live in Canada. They have been spreading false information about him online for years," she wrote.
The individual known as Silas Kruger is the son of a popular contractor with more than 2.9 million Instagram followers under the username @krugerconstruction. Several photos of Kruger appear on the account, but there is no evidence connecting him to the shooting.
POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED CDC SHOOTING SUSPECT
Atlanta police have not officially named the suspect involved in the CDC shooting at Emory Point. Authorities are continuing their investigation and have urged the public not to rely on unverified information circulating on social media.
| CNN liveblogged events here. As of 11:20 p.m. EDT the shooter was not named. Their summary: |
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THE GEORGIA SHOOTING THAT KILLED A POLICE OFFICER
A police officer has died after a gunman opened fire near Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today in Georgia.
Here’s what we know so far from law enforcement and other officials:
The victim:
- The name of the police officer killed in today’s shooting has not been released.
- He leaves behind a pregnant wife and two children.
- Police cannot confirm why the police officer involved in the shooting incident was present on site.
The shooter:
- There was one single alleged shooter involved in this event, who is now dead.
- The shooter had multiple guns – two hand guns, one rifle and one shotgun – and was wearing what a law enforcement official on the scene described as looking like a surgical mask.
- According to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, the alleged shooter “is a known person that may have some interest in certain things that I can’t reiterate right now with any confidence until the investigation is fully conducted.”
- The alleged shooter’s father called law enforcement before the shooting to report he believed his son was suicidal. It was not immediately clear how much time had elapsed between the call and the shooting.
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