Steven Ray Bailey Obituary: GBI Investigates Officer Involved Shooting in Whitfield County. AUGUST 11, 2021. On Monday, August 9, 2021, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office to conduct an officer involved shooting investigation. The early investigation indicates that at approximately 11:33 p.m., Whitfield County deputies responded to several 911 calls on Hwy 41 and Westgate Drive in Rocky Face, GA, about a shooting incident. When deputies arrived on scene, they began to negotiate with an armed man. After several minutes of negotiations, the armed man began firing at the deputies with a handgun.
The Whitfield County deputies returned fire, striking the man multiple times. Deputies began life saving procedures and the man was transported to Hamilton Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. He was be taken to the GBI Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. The man involved in this OIS has been identified as Steven Ray Bailey, 63, of Rocky Face, GA. The GBI will conduct an independent investigation and once complete, the investigation will be provided to the Whitfield County District Attorney’s Office for review.
InsideEko is yet to confirm Steven Ray Bailey’s cause of death as no health issues or other causes of death have been learned to be associated with the passing.
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