CEDARTOWN, Ga. -- The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate a fatal deputy-involved shooting of an 18-year-old man late Friday.
The shooting took place just before 6 p.m., according to the Rome News-Tribune.
Polk County Sheriff Johnny Moats said the deputy involved had been called out to help when deputies were having trouble with a suspect at a home on Hillside Drive.
"The suspect was armed with a knife and a bat, and came at the officer," Moats said.
The officer shot the suspect, who died at the scene, according to Sheri Lang of the GBI.
The suspect was identified as 18-year-old Levi Weaver.
The deputy's name has not yet been released.
(The Rome News-Tribune contributed to this report.)
