State Investigating After Scottsboro Officer Shot Wife, Died by Suicide
According to WAFF, after being shot late Monday night, a Scottsboro woman is fighting for her life. According to investigators, a Scottsboro Police officer shot and killed his estranged wife before taking his own life.
Officers received reports of shots fired shortly after 8:50 p.m. on March 14, according to Scottsboro Police Captain Erik Dohring.
According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Stephen Miller, 46, was on leave from the Scottsboro Police Department when he gunned down Amanda Miller on Monday at a home in the city.
Tim Smail lives near the scene of the shooting and heard the gunshots.
“I heard dogs howling when I took my trash out and I heard a series of gunfire and I also heard screaming,” said Smail. “They responded fast and shut off all roads I just said a prayer.”
The officer was later discovered dead at the residence, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Amanda Scarberry’s sister, Laura Scarberry, told Huntsville news outlets that her heart is broken because she has no idea whether her sister will survive. She says her sister was in the midst of divorcing the police officer.
“It’s breaking my heart right now because I don’t know if she is going to live or if he is going to die and it hurts to know that she can’t go on with her life that she had a goal for if she is going to be paralyzed and she was the closet sister to me,” said the victim’s sister Laura Scarberry.
