A Shelby County deputy is on administrative leave after being accused of assaulting the mother of his children.
Gilbert Williams is charged with simple assault/domestic violence.
According to the affidavit, officers were called to the 1400 block of N. Watkins about 9:40 a.m. Thursday about a car stopped in the street with two people inside fighting. Officers found Williams and the woman in the front seat. Williams told police the woman got mad, threw water on him, and started kicking him. The woman told police Williams grabbed her face, pushed her into the door and hit her, and that’s when she threw water on him.
A witness told investigators she had driven past the car and saw the man hitting the woman in the front seat.
Investigators say Williams was charged based on the statements recorded by the responding officer’s body camera and the independent witness statement.
Williams is currently on administrative leave while the investigation continues.
