A longtime Gaffney Police
Department officer has been suspended after he was charged Friday with
aggravated criminal domestic violence and pointing a firearm.
Cherokee County Sheriff Steve
Mueller said deputies were called to the McKowns Mountain Road home of Johnny
Miller, a Gaffney police officer, Friday afternoon. Mueller said Miller's wife
told deputies he had gotten up about 9:30 a.m. and wasn't feeling well. Miller,
55, was “acting bizarre” from about 9:30 a.m. until noon and discharged a
firearm several times into the floor of the home, Mueller said, reading from an
incident report.
At some point, Miller pointed
the firearm at the woman and a 14-year-old inside the home, Mueller said.
Deputies found several shell
casings on the floor of the home, Mueller said.
Miller was charged with
criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature and pointing and
presenting a firearm. It isn't clear whether the firearm used was Miller's
service weapon.
Gaffney City Administrator
James Taylor said Miller has been has been suspended by the city “pending
further information and review.”
Miller was released Friday
night on $30,000 bond from the Cherokee County Detention Center.