Intake photo of Brian Gilley.
On Thursday morning (Dec. 6, 2018) at approximately 7:15am, Coffee County deputies rushed to a scene regarding shots fired at 321 Bush Lane in the vicinity of Deerfield Elementary School. Once Deputy David Young and other officers arrived, they secured the scene. Deputies spoke with alleged shooter 30-year-old Brian Gilley. He advised he did in fact discharge a weapon to intimidate the family of a female friend.
Gilley, who apparently has a relationship with the woman, said he went through her phone several days prior and saw where she was talking to another guy causing an argument.
Once Deputy Young spoke with the female, she stated that Brian went through her phone and saw where she was messaging a guy friend, and he got mad and started assaulting her by choking and punching her in the head and holding her down.
The woman also advised that she sent a text to her family on Thursday morning saying he wouldn’t let her leave and he had her keys.
Later the woman and Brian Gilley’s mother went to drop off children at school. While driving to the school, the family the female reached out to arrived at 321 Bush Lane. The family advised that when they arrived, they began looking for their family member and could not find her, so they started to beat on the door trying to get someone to answer. They told deputies they then heard Brian Gilley say that he had a gun.
Soon after they realized the woman was pulling up in the driveway with Brian’s mother, she jumped out of the vehicle and tried to get in the vehicle with the family who came to aid her. Brian Gilley aimed the shotgun and fired one shot at the them off the front porch. Brian’s mother called 911 after the shot was fired.
All parties involved gave written statements, and a Mossberg 500 shotgun was seized for evidence.
Gilley was arrested and charged with domestic assault and 4 counts of reckless endangerment. His bond was issued at $12,500, which he made. Gilley’s preliminary hearing was Friday.
The information from this report was taken from the CCSD incident report.
