A Tennessee man who police say bragged about shooting another man he was confronting about dating his former girlfriend has been charged with first-degree murder.
23-year-old Cody Alan Miller is being held in the Carter County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond for allegedly killing 31-year-old Phillip Glass Thursday morning.
An affidavit from Elizabethton Police Department (EPD) officer Mike Commons states that during their investigation into Glass’s death, they learned Miller had allegedly shot Glass with a .380 semi-automatic pistol.
The brief affidavit states that Miller, of Bear Branch Road in Roan Mountain, “bragged to individuals that ‘Flip’ Phillip Glass, was dead. Miller bragged about where he shot Glass and bragged about how ‘cool’ it was.”
EPD initially went to Oakmont Drive after receiving calls “about a vehicle that continued to rev its engine while driving up and down the road.”
Before officers arrived, they got a second call about shots fired in the area. Oakmont Drive is a cul de sac off of the Milligan Highway near Happy Valley elementary and high schools.
EPD officers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Oakmont Drive. At the scene, they found Glass’s body inside his vehicle.
Commons’ affidavit states that Miller had gone to where Glass “was staying on Oakmont Drive” to confront him about dating his ex-girlfriend.
The affidavit says police recovered the pistol in a Chevrolet Tahoe registered to Miller that was wrecked and left at the scene. It says they also found spent .380 shell casings at the scene.
Court officials did not have information Monday on when Miller might have an initial court appearance. While authorities reported Saturday that Kimberly Nicole Thomas, 20, was also in custody in relation to the incident, there were no affidavits or jail records available on her Monday morning.
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