Update:

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation provided the following update on the officer-involved shooting that occurred in Aragon this evening:

Polk County, GA (January 25, 2022) –  The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Polk County, GA.  The Aragon Police Department asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on Tuesday, January 25, 2022.  Derick Rock, age 30, of Aragon, GA, has died.  No officers  were injured.

Preliminary information indicates that at about 6:00 p.m., an Aragon Police Department officer responded to 12 Walnut Street, Aragon, GA on a call of a person threatening suicide.  Derick Rock was at the door with a gun to his head and threatening to shoot himself.

The officer gave verbal commands to Rock for him to drop the weapon.  Rock pointed the weapon at the officer and the officer fired multiple times at Rock, hitting Rock. The officer began to administer aid to Rock.  Rock died at the scene.

The GBI investigation is active and ongoing.  Once the investigation is done, the casefile will be given to the Polk County District Attorney’s Office for review.

This is the 8^th officer involved shooting the GBI has been requested to investigate in 2022.

Previously posted:

A so far unnamed individual is dead and police have called in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation after a shooting incident occurred on Walnut Street in Aragon.

Aragon Police were so far joined by Redmond EMS, Rockmart Police, Polk County Police and Polk County Sheriff’s deputies, but no information about the incident was immediately available.

The Polk County Coroner was also en route to join the investigation.

No other people were injured on the scene. Neighbors have thus far reported hearing gunshots but didn’t have any further information to share.

Check back on Polk.Today as more becomes available.