Bio by Ret. Lt John Stanley, Los Angeles County Peace Officers Memorial:
On January 8, 1988, about seven in the evening, narcotics detectives served a search warrant for cocaine at a house in the 1400 block of West 55th Street in South Los Angeles. As deputies made entry, a gun battle erupted. During the firefight Deputy Jack Miller, 33, was shot in the back of the head. Another deputy, John Dickerson, received non-life threatening wounds while providing cover to other deputies attempting to rescue Deputy Miller.
Deputy Miller was rushed to LA County USC hospital and underwent seven hours of surgery, but he did not survive.
Dorothy Waters, 41, who owned the house and her seventeen-year-old son were arrested for murder and possession of cocaine for sale. It was later learned that Waters’ twenty-year-old-son, Edward Walker, 20, shot and killed Deputy Miller before turning the gun on himself. A SWAT team later entered the home and found his dead body next to a weapon later determined to be the one that fired the fatal shot killing Deputy Miller.
During the search of the residence after the SWAT team’s entry, deputies also recovered four handguns, a rifle and 202 grams of cocaine with a street value at the time of $40,000.
Waters was later charged with second-degree murder for Deputy Miller’s murder for running the “crack” house with her son, Edward, and thus being complicit with his actions. Murder charges against her younger son were dropped. The jury in Waters’ first trial were unable to reach a verdict. Rather than risking a second trial she pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was given the maximum sentence of 11 years in prison.
Deputy Miller, a 12-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department, worked as a narcotics detective at the Lennox Station. He left behind his wife, Donna, and two young daughters, Susie and Laura.
The photos of Deputy Miller attached were recently generously shared with us by his sister, Linda Miller Garagliano.
On January 8, 1988, about seven in the evening, narcotics detectives served a search warrant for cocaine at a house in the 1400 block of West 55th Street in South Los Angeles. As deputies made entry, a gun battle erupted. During the firefight Deputy Jack Miller, 33, was shot in the back of the head. Another deputy, John Dickerson, received non-life threatening wounds while providing cover to other deputies attempting to rescue Deputy Miller.
Deputy Miller was rushed to LA County USC hospital and underwent seven hours of surgery, but he did not survive.
Dorothy Waters, 41, who owned the house and her seventeen-year-old son were arrested for murder and possession of cocaine for sale. It was later learned that Waters’ twenty-year-old-son, Edward Walker, 20, shot and killed Deputy Miller before turning the gun on himself. A SWAT team later entered the home and found his dead body next to a weapon later determined to be the one that fired the fatal shot killing Deputy Miller.
During the search of the residence after the SWAT team’s entry, deputies also recovered four handguns, a rifle and 202 grams of cocaine with a street value at the time of $40,000.
Waters was later charged with second-degree murder for Deputy Miller’s murder for running the “crack” house with her son, Edward, and thus being complicit with his actions. Murder charges against her younger son were dropped. The jury in Waters’ first trial were unable to reach a verdict. Rather than risking a second trial she pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was given the maximum sentence of 11 years in prison.
Deputy Miller, a 12-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department, worked as a narcotics detective at the Lennox Station. He left behind his wife, Donna, and two young daughters, Susie and Laura.
The photos of Deputy Miller attached were recently generously shared with us by his sister, Linda Miller Garagliano.
Bio by Ret. Lt John Stanley, Los Angeles County Peace Officers Memorial:
On January 8, 1988, about seven in the evening, narcotics detectives served a search warrant for cocaine at a house in the 1400 block of West 55th Street in South Los Angeles. As deputies made entry, a gun battle erupted. During the firefight Deputy Jack Miller, 33, was shot in the back of the head. Another deputy, John Dickerson, received non-life threatening wounds while providing cover to other deputies attempting to rescue Deputy Miller.
Deputy Miller was rushed to LA County USC hospital and underwent seven hours of surgery, but he did not survive.
Dorothy Waters, 41, who owned the house and her seventeen-year-old son were arrested for murder and possession of cocaine for sale. It was later learned that Waters’ twenty-year-old-son, Edward Walker, 20, shot and killed Deputy Miller before turning the gun on himself. A SWAT team later entered the home and found his dead body next to a weapon later determined to be the one that fired the fatal shot killing Deputy Miller.
During the search of the residence after the SWAT team’s entry, deputies also recovered four handguns, a rifle and 202 grams of cocaine with a street value at the time of $40,000.
Waters was later charged with second-degree murder for Deputy Miller’s murder for running the “crack” house with her son, Edward, and thus being complicit with his actions. Murder charges against her younger son were dropped. The jury in Waters’ first trial were unable to reach a verdict. Rather than risking a second trial she pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was given the maximum sentence of 11 years in prison.
Deputy Miller, a 12-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department, worked as a narcotics detective at the Lennox Station. He left behind his wife, Donna, and two young daughters, Susie and Laura.
The photos of Deputy Miller attached were recently generously shared with us by his sister, Linda Miller Garagliano.
On January 8, 1988, about seven in the evening, narcotics detectives served a search warrant for cocaine at a house in the 1400 block of West 55th Street in South Los Angeles. As deputies made entry, a gun battle erupted. During the firefight Deputy Jack Miller, 33, was shot in the back of the head. Another deputy, John Dickerson, received non-life threatening wounds while providing cover to other deputies attempting to rescue Deputy Miller.
Deputy Miller was rushed to LA County USC hospital and underwent seven hours of surgery, but he did not survive.
Dorothy Waters, 41, who owned the house and her seventeen-year-old son were arrested for murder and possession of cocaine for sale. It was later learned that Waters’ twenty-year-old-son, Edward Walker, 20, shot and killed Deputy Miller before turning the gun on himself. A SWAT team later entered the home and found his dead body next to a weapon later determined to be the one that fired the fatal shot killing Deputy Miller.
During the search of the residence after the SWAT team’s entry, deputies also recovered four handguns, a rifle and 202 grams of cocaine with a street value at the time of $40,000.
Waters was later charged with second-degree murder for Deputy Miller’s murder for running the “crack” house with her son, Edward, and thus being complicit with his actions. Murder charges against her younger son were dropped. The jury in Waters’ first trial were unable to reach a verdict. Rather than risking a second trial she pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was given the maximum sentence of 11 years in prison.
Deputy Miller, a 12-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Department, worked as a narcotics detective at the Lennox Station. He left behind his wife, Donna, and two young daughters, Susie and Laura.
The photos of Deputy Miller attached were recently generously shared with us by his sister, Linda Miller Garagliano.
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