A Dahlonega man took hostages at Lanier Dermatology in Gainesville, where he was a patient, before he was shot and killed by police mid-morning Monday, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.



No one else was injured, according to the Gainesville Police Department. The GBI identified the man Tuesday as Rodney Hamilton, 62, of Dahlonega.

A 911 caller at about 11 a.m. told authorities a man was waving a gun at the office, which is at 605 S. Enota Drive in Sherwood Plaza, according to preliminary information reported by the GBI. Gainesville Police arrived three minutes later.

“The officers made their way into the doctor’s office while clearing staff from the building,” according to a news release issued Tuesday by the GBI. “When officers encountered the man, he had hostages in an office at gunpoint.”

Officers spoke to the man, but he ignored their commands, according to the GBI. During the encounter, he was shot by an officer.