{ "id": "2024-09-19-emory-university-emory-point-workplace-shooting", "slug": "emory-university-emory-point-workplace-shooting-2024-09-19", "institution": { "name": "Emory University", "shortName": "Emory", "state": "GA", "type": "private-r1", "alertSystemName": "Emory Alert", "enrollment": 16012 }, "incident": { "date": "2024-09-19", "type": "workplace-violence", "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification", "headline": "A Kitchen Dispute at Emory Point: A Catering Employee Fires on a Coworker and Triggers a 'Police Emergency'", "summary": "A dispute between two catering coworkers at a restaurant in Emory Point, a mixed-use development on the edge of Emory University's campus, ended with [one man firing a gun at the other](https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/emory-university-emory-point-dispute-shooting-man-arrested/85-55e198e0-1b30-41e0-b9f0-05ef9f285b08) on the morning of September 19, 2024, prompting an Emory Alert 'police emergency' notice. No one was struck by the shot; [59-year-old Daniel Clark, who worked for an Emory-affiliated service company, was arrested](https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/man-fires-at-co-worker-during-dispute-near-emory-campus-officials-say/TNT7XY57QJG6PFJY72LGJOVE3Y/) and charged with aggravated assault and multiple weapons offenses.", "resolution": "confirmed-threat", "outcome": "No one was injured; Clark's shot missed his coworker in the kitchen. Emory Police arrested Daniel Clark, 59, and charged him with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, possession of a weapon in a school safety zone, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. Emory barred Clark from returning to campus or any university facility.", "casualties": { "killed": 0, "injured": 0 } }, "alerts": [ { "sequence": 1, "type": "initial", "timestamp": "2024-09-19T08:22:00-04:00", "channel": "sms", "verbatimText": "Emory Alert: Police emergency at Emory Point. Avoid the area. More information to follow.", "isVerbatimConfirmed": false, "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from 11Alive, WSB-TV, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting describing the 8:22 AM Emory Alert 'police emergency' text sent regarding Emory Point", "annotations": [ "The alert used the generic 'police emergency' phrasing Emory reserves for developing situations where the precise nature of the threat, in this case a workplace dispute between two catering coworkers in a limited-access kitchen, is not yet confirmed to responders", "Emory Point sits at the northwestern edge of Emory's campus footprint in DeKalb County and houses restaurants, shops, and student and non-student housing, meaning an incident there can trigger a campus-wide alert even though it occurred inside a leased commercial kitchen rather than a university-owned building", "Clark and his coworkers were employed by an Emory-affiliated catering/dining service company, not Emory University directly, illustrating how workplace-violence risk on a college campus often runs through contracted vendors rather than direct university employees" ], "characterCount": 89 }, { "sequence": 2, "type": "all-clear", "timestampApprox": "Approximately 8:42 AM EDT on September 19, 2024, about 20 minutes after the initial alert", "channel": "sms", "verbatimText": "Emory Alert: The police emergency at Emory Point has been resolved. It is safe to resume normal activities.", "isVerbatimConfirmed": false, "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from 11Alive and Atlanta News First reporting that Emory issued an all-clear approximately 20 minutes after the initial alert", "annotations": [ "The roughly 20-minute resolution window reflects that officers quickly identified this as an isolated workplace dispute between two known coworkers rather than an active, mobile threat to the broader campus", "Clark fled the scene in a silver Chevrolet Malibu before officers arrived and was arrested afterward, meaning the all-clear was issued once police confirmed he had left Emory Point rather than because he was already in custody", "Emory's public messaging did not disclose the workplace nature of the dispute until follow-up reporting by local outlets; the initial and all-clear alerts themselves were generic 'police emergency' notices" ], "characterCount": 107 } ], "context": "Two coworkers employed by an Emory-affiliated catering service got into an altercation inside a limited-access kitchen at a restaurant in Emory Point, a mixed-use retail and housing development adjoining Emory University's campus, on the morning of September 19, 2024. According to [11Alive's reporting](https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/emory-university-emory-point-dispute-shooting-man-arrested/85-55e198e0-1b30-41e0-b9f0-05ef9f285b08), 59-year-old Daniel Clark, wearing a blue uniform jacket, retrieved a gun from his car during the dispute, returned to the kitchen, and fired at least one round at a coworker, missing him, before brandishing the weapon at a second coworker and fleeing in a silver Chevrolet Malibu. Emory issued an Emory Alert 'police emergency' notice at 8:22 a.m. advising the community to avoid Emory Point; an all-clear followed roughly 20 minutes later once officers confirmed Clark had left the area. The [Atlanta Journal-Constitution](https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/man-fires-at-co-worker-during-dispute-near-emory-campus-officials-say/TNT7XY57QJG6PFJY72LGJOVE3Y/) reported Emory Police later arrested Clark and charged him with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, possession of a weapon in a school safety zone, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, and barred him from returning to any Emory facility.", "keyFindings": [ "The shooter and both targeted coworkers were employees of an Emory-affiliated dining/catering vendor rather than direct Emory University employees, showing how workplace-violence exposure on a campus can originate with contracted service staff", "Emory's alert used generic 'police emergency' language at both the initial notice and the all-clear, never specifying in the text itself that the underlying event was a workplace dispute between coworkers", "The roughly 20-minute span between the initial alert and the all-clear reflects a fast resolution once police determined the armed individual had already left the immediate area", "No one was struck despite a shot being fired at close range inside an occupied kitchen, a fact confirmed by multiple outlets and central to how Emory characterized the incident's severity afterward" ], "sources": [ { "title": "Man arrested after allegedly shooting at co-worker at Emory Point, triggering school alert (11Alive)", "url": "https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/emory-university-emory-point-dispute-shooting-man-arrested/85-55e198e0-1b30-41e0-b9f0-05ef9f285b08", "type": "local-media" }, { "title": "Man arrested after shooting near Emory University campus (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)", "url": "https://www.ajc.com/news/crime/man-fires-at-co-worker-during-dispute-near-emory-campus-officials-say/TNT7XY57QJG6PFJY72LGJOVE3Y/", "type": "local-media" }, { "title": "Man arrested, charged in shooting near Emory University, police say (Atlanta News First)", "url": "https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/09/20/man-arrested-charged-shooting-near-emory-university-police-say/", "type": "local-media" }, { "title": "Man arrested after shooting at coworker on Emory University campus (WSB-TV)", "url": "https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/man-arrested-after-shooting-coworker-emory-university-campus/GD7R6ZMGMBEJ3CJZ5HOF3453WU/", "type": "local-media" }, { "title": "EPD arrests suspect in Emory Point shooting (The Emory Wheel)", "url": "https://www.emorywheel.com/article/2024/09/xhosqonqjvzq", "type": "student-newspaper" } ], "confidence": "medium", "tags": [ "workplace-violence", "emory-point", "contracted-vendor", "georgia", "atlanta", "police-emergency", "no-injuries" ], "dateAdded": "2026-07-03", "lastUpdated": "2026-07-03", "addedBy": "ingestion" }