Retired Long Island detective, 75, shot dead by son a day after reporting him missing: cops

A 75-year-old retired detective was shot dead by his son while fighting inside their Long Island home Wednesday morning, officials said. Christopher Miller, 43, allegedly blasted his father — former Suffolk County Police Department detective John “Jack” Miller — multiple times with a shotgun during an explosive argument inside their Dix Hills house around 7:25 a.m., according to cops.The mayhem unfolded when the younger Miller came home after getting released from a local hospital following a Monday car crash, according to News 12 Long Island.His father didn’t hear from him and reported him missing a day before the bloodshed. The son “recently moved into the house with his father following a divorce,” said Lieutenant Detective Kevin Breyer of the Suffolk County Police Department at the scene. After the deadly shooting, Christopher Miller ran and hid in a nearby shed on Seaman Neck Road, leading the spooked homeowner to call 911.Responding cops took him back to his home, where they found the father dead in a pool of blood.Police arrested Christopher Miller and charged him with murder. He was taken to the hospital for injuries sustained from the crash, cops said.His arraignment is pending on a later date.A member of the Miller family refused to comment when reached by phone Wednesday night.

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