Couple shot at CNN headquarters

A man and a woman were shot inside the building complex that houses CNN’s headquarters in what US police described as a “domestic situation.”

The two were arguing when the man pulled out a gun and shot the woman, Atlanta Police Officer James Polite said.

He said the man was then shot by a security guard for the news organisation. Their conditions were not immediately released.

CNN reported that the offices of its internet operations, CNN.com, were immediately evacuated and that a suspect was in custody.

Video footage showed police pointing guns at a man lying on the ground inside a building.

An announcement over the building’s public-address system said there had been gunfire “with potential casualties by the escalators” near the main entrance of the building, facing Centennial Olympic Park.

The CNN complex also includes the Omni Hotel, a large atrium and a food court.

It is connected to Philips Arena, the home of the National Basketball Association’s Atlanta Hawks.

In the food court, Trina Johnson, 44, of Atlanta, was with her daughter.

“All of a sudden we heard a big boom. We thought it was an explosion,” Johnson said. “We didn’t see the gun. Everybody just started running.”