One person has died following a double shooting at the Consulate General of Honduras in Atlanta on Monday afternoon.

The shooting happened right outside the front entrance of the consulate, city spokesperson Emily Heenan said. Officers remained at the scene to interview witnesses and gather evidence

A man shot and killed a security guard at the Honduran consulate near Atlanta who asked the man to turn over his gun before entering the building.

Doraville police said they responded to a person shot at the Consulate General of Honduras in Atlanta, located at 6755 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., just outside the perimeter in Doraville, shortly after 2 p.

A suspect is in custody following the deadly shooting of a security guard at the Honduras Consulate in Doraville on Monday afternoon.

A security guard was killed, and another person hurt after a shooting just feet from the door at the Consulate General of Honduras in Atlanta.

The Honduras government says 45-year-Old Jesus Guillermo Loera Uria, a Mexican national, was a security guard at the Honduras Consulate’s Atlanta office in Doraville and confirms he was shot and killed Monday after confronting a suspect attempting to go inside the consulate with a gun.

A growing memorial outside the Honduran Consulate Office in DeKalb County honors the sacrifice of Jesus Loera, a security guard who was shot and killed while protecting people from a gunman trying to enter the building.