A gunman tried to enter the consulate with a weapon, and then opened fire outside the entrance to the building, officials said.

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.

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.

Two people were shot in the parking lot of the Consulate General of Honduras in Atlanta on Monday. Staff members are still trying to understand what happened and why. FOX 5 Atlanta reporter Joi Dukes brings us the latest.

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.

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.