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Man threatening suicide shot, killed after pointing gun at Aragon officers, GBI says

By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
Updated  January 25, 2022 11:29pm EST
Polk County
FOX 5 Atlanta

Man shot after pointing gun at officer, GBI says

An Aragon man threatening suicide pointed a gun at officers, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said, forcing officers to open fire. The man was killed in the shooting.

ARAGON, Ga. - A man is dead after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says he pointed a gun at an Aragon officer on Tuesday evening.

It happened shortly before 6 p.m. at a home along Walnut Street in Aragon. The GBI said officers with the Aragon Police Department were responding to a report of a man threatening to shoot himself.

The GBI said the man, identified as 30-year-old Derick Rock, met officers at the door, holding a gun to his head and threatening to shoot himself.

The GBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Polk County on Jan. 25, 2022.

The GBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Polk County on Jan. 25, 2022. (FOX 5)

Police ordered Rock to drop the weapon. The GBI said officers then opened fire after Rock pointed the gun at an officer.

Despite lifesaving measures by officers, Rock died at the scene.

This is the eighth officer-involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2022.

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