NORTH CAROLINA
WSOC
By Paige Hansen
CONCORD, N.C. —
A former concord pastor took his own life days after authorities took out warrants to arrest him on child sex charges.
Channel 9 learned Monday the former pastor shot himself in front of deputies this weekend.
Police said the former pastor appeared to have one victim and the two knew each other.
She came forward about the alleged abuse two years ago.
Now, investigators cannot do anything more with the case they’ve worked on for two years.
“The case is over,” said Maj. Gary Hatley with the Concord Police Department. “As far as for us, we’ll never get to serve the warrants.”
Those warrants were taken out last week and Rowan County deputies tried to serve them Saturday to arrest Michael Mullis on two counts of indecent liberties with a child.
Channel 9 learned Mullis’ death was a suicide. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said when deputies arrived, Mullis asked to put on shoes, then made his way to the bathroom where a deputy saw Mullis with a pistol in hand when he shot and killed himself.
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