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MILLCREEK — Police on Saturday were looking for a man they say fired shots at a Millcreek apartment on Friday, prompting a SWAT response, and may still be armed and dangerous.
Christopher John McMillan, 43, is wanted for investigation of attempted homicide, aggravated burglary, felony discharge of a firearm, aggravated assault and several other crimes, according to Unified Police Lt. Lex Bell.
Police were also worried for his wife, Veronica McMillan, 43, who witnesses say left the apartment shortly after the shots were fired, though it was unclear if the couple left together.
About 12:48 p.m. Friday, Unified police were called to an apartment, 1975 E. Millbrook Dr., after receiving two separate reports of shots being fired and a car speeding away from the residence. Several hours later, a SWAT team entered the apartment belonging to Christopher McMillan and his brother, but no one was inside.
Officers found out that the brothers' mother lives in Layton, and they sent Layton police to her home, where they found Christopher McMillan's brother with a bullet wound in his foot.
As police interviewed them, they learned the two brothers got into an argument in the Millcreek apartment while McMillan's wife waited outside in a car. At some point, McMillan left the apartment and went out to the car.
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A several hours-long standoff outside an apartment in an East Millcreek neighborhood ended Friday after police found no one inside.The brother then heard three shots from the area of the car, and when he ran to the door to see what had happened, he was met by McMillan holding a gun. The two then struggled over the gun as McMillan tried to shoot his brother. More shots were fired, and the brother's foot was hit, according to Bell.
McMillan then fled. Witnesses also described seeing a woman matching Veronica McMillan's description driving off in a white vehicle, perhaps a Lexus 400 series passenger car. Bell said police aren't sure if her husband was with her or if he fled in another vehicle.
Bell said Christopher McMillan apparently called his mother after the altercation and told her he was on a "suicide mission." In interviews with police, the brother also said McMillan was high on meth and bath salts at the time and told him he was "going to kill someone," Bell said.
Police were still looking for both McMillan and his wife Saturday afternoon.
"That's obviously the biggest thing right now. We certainly want to know that she's OK, first of all, and secondly, arrest this very dangerous person who shot his own brother," Bell said.
A search of court records shows McMillan has a lengthy criminal history in Utah. He has pleaded guilty to multiple charges dating back more than two decades, including theft, aggravated assault, drug use and distribution, and other crimes.
Currently, McMillan is on felony probation with Adult Probation and Parole. Police say he was involved in the Oct. 22 theft of more than $50,000 in fur coats in Park City. Surveillance footage from that incident shows him driving away in a silver Honda Odyssey van. Police say he may currently be driving that vehicle or the white Lexus.
"Christopher has a very extensive and violent criminal history," according to a prepared statement from the Unified Police Department. "He is a member of a violent white supremacist prison gang and has been involved in shootings with police in the past. UPD considers him to be armed and extremely dangerous. We believe he poses a serious risk to the public and any police officer with whom he comes in contact."
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of McMillan or his wife is asked to call Unified police at 801-743-7000.
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