The arrest report for the now-former Okaloosa County corrections officer charged with murdering a woman at his Milton home states he tried to claim he shot her out of self-defense, but crime scene evidence suggested otherwise.
CJ, 47, was arrested Saturday night in Santa Rosa County for the murder of 41-year-old BD. It happened around 9 p.m. at their shared home on Pinto Avenue in Milton.
J has since been fired from his position as an Okaloosa County Corrections Sergeant. He is being held in Santa Rosa County Jail without bond. His mugshot is made exempt due to his former position.
WEAR News obtained the arrest report on Tuesday. It states D suffered gunshot wounds to the back of her shoulder, the back and front of her upper thigh, her stomach, the front of her neck, and just above the temple on the right side of her head.
J and D were reportedly roommates. He told deputies D was a friend and former colleague, adding that their relationship was not romantic in nature.
According to the report, J called deputies to the home, first telling dispatch that D shot herself before later saying she “brought it upon herself.”
Deputies arrived to find J laying on the ground in front of the home with his hands behind his back. He was reportedly “begging them to place him in handcuffs.”
The report states deputies found D deceased inside the home, laying in hallway just outside a bedroom.
According to the report, J spoke to investigators at Santa Rosa County Jail, saying he and D had been arguing about finances “with an emphasis on her not paying her share of the rent.”
The report states J said he no longer wanted to argue, so he went to his bedroom, but D “followed him to his room and continued to argue, increasingly becoming more aggressive.” He claimed D eventually entered his room and “came at him.”
According to the report, D told deputies “Hе did what he had to do” and “decided to draw his pistol and shot her.”
“When asked to clarify what [D] did that made [J] fear for his life, he gestured his hands quickly waving forward sporadically, then stated she was talking and yelling,” investigators noted in the report.
The report states investigators ultimately determined that her reported actions did not justify the use of lethal force. Investigators also noted that J’s statement contradicted the crime scene.
“[D] was found outside of his bedroom going towards it but failing to enter,” investigators wrote in the report. “Shell casings were found in the hallway leading up to [D’s] position and injuries were observed on her back side. No casings were found in the bedroom. Based on my training and experience, it was likely that [J] was in the hallway, potentially behind B when he shot her.”
J’s employment with Okaloosa Corrections spanned from 2000 to 2005 and resumed from 2016 until his recent termination. He was promoted to Sergeant on December 4, 2017.
J entered a not guilty plea to the second-degree murder charge on Tuesday.
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