Cierra Lashae Colvin, 35, was found with gunshot wounds near Forrest Court outside the Housing Authority of Rockmart apartments on November 19, 2022. Emergency services took her to a local hospital, where she died of her injuries. The Rockmart Police Department asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to assist in the homicide probe.

Investigators arrested 15-year-old Ashjuan Stocks, a resident of the same apartment complex, two days after the shooting. Arrest warrants allege Stocks pointed a pistol at Colvin with the intent to murder her. Charges listed included felony malice murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of a pistol by a person under 18, and possession of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a housing authority. Stocks was denied bond and held at the Polk County Jail.

As of late November 2022 the motive and the nature of any prior relationship between Colvin and Stocks had not been released and the investigation remained active. Did anyone in Rockmart know Cierra or have information about what happened that afternoon?