SUFFOLK, Va. — Imagine walking into a bathroom in your house to check on something, turning around to leave, and suddenly, there’s a gun pointed at you.
That’s what Colson Millien said happened to him January 28. As News 3 has reported, Suffolk police say later that day, they located the man who allegedly hurt Millien. When the suspect ran away while officers tried to take him into custody, Suffolk police say they fired shots at him.
“The bullet grazed my eye," Millien said.
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Millien still had a bandage over part of his left eye and his right arm in a sling when he talked with News 3. Injuries he said he got after being shot by the tenant living in his house.
I talked with Millien and his friend Dwight James.
Police have identified the alleged shooter, who Millien said was a tenant living in his house, as 27-year-old Anthony Bonds from Norfolk. Bonds has been arrested and charged with multiple crimes, including attempted murder.
“I went to go check on the bathroom. He wanted me to go check on it. I didn’t see any issue with the bathroom that he was reporting," Millien recalled. "Then, after that, I look up and I see a pistol in his face. He’s out here telling me to go into the bathtub and lay down with my hands behind my back so he could restrain me.”
Watch: Extended interview with Millien and James
Millien said Bonds had zip ties and duck tape. After they fought, Millien said he called and texted his friend, Dwight James, for help.
“I immediately got out of my bed, grabbed my gun, put my clothes on, hoped in my car, and drove here as fast as I could," James said.
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When he arrived, he saw Bonds run away and chased after him.
“The cops ended up coming and I was telling them, like, ‘Come this way,’” said James.
What happened after that is not entirely clear. James eventually stopped chasing Bonds.
Suffolk Police said about an hour and a half after Millien was shot, Bonds was spotted on Nixon Drive but he ran away again when officers showed up.
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Police said Bonds was shot when officers tried to arrest him.
As of Friday, the officers involved were on administrative leave while the police department investigated.
Millien said he’s indifferent about Bonds being shot.
“I’m still just trying to process the stuff I’m going through," Millien said.
A spokesperson for the Suffolk Police Department said they could not comment on Millien and James' accounts Friday because the investigation was still ongoing.
