1 Dead, 2 Life-Flighted After Triple Shooting in Rockmart
By PNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Polk County Authorities along with the GBI are investigating a triple shooting Friday Night in Rockmart.
The original call to Polk 911 occurred around 9:51 PM when someone reported hearing 6 shots in the area of Church St. and Bluff St. Just after this, another complaintant reported that there were two victims found at Pearl St. and Long Ave.
The intial victims were a male and female, with one of them sustaining a gunshot wound to the head. While the condition of the first male victim is unclear, it was reported that the female received a guns.hot wound under the chin. Both were eventually transported by Emory Life-Fight from the Dean Sports Complex
30 minutes after the original call went out, another male victim was located in the area. This victim had received two gunshot wounds to the head, possibly by a small caliber handgun, with no exit wounds. Authorites did call an additional Life-Flight Choppr in, but the unidentified 54 year-old man died of his injuries.
Though Police searced the area, they were unable to locate the two suspects, described as Short black males. One was reportedly in his 20’s wearing a Georgia Bulldogs shirt and armed with a small chrome pistol. The second is described as being stocky in build and wearing a black shirt.
The GBI was called in and is leading the investigation.