The 32-year-old daughter of an ex Kentucky a senator was killed while her father was wounded in a shooting during an invasion of the family mansion home in the state.
Jordan Morgan, who lived part-time at a home in Richmond, died while her father was taken to hospital, state police said.
Former United States official Wesley Morgan owns the home, according to the Madison County Property Valuation Administrator’s office, and was previously put up for sale by Morgan.
Wesley Morgan’s 32-year-old daughter, Jordan Morgan, was killed in a home invasion
The incident took place at Morgan’s $ 6.5 million mansion in Richmond, Kentucky, pictured
Morgan confirmed to Leader of the Lexington Herald that his daughter Jordan was killed. He also said that he and his wife had been “shot”.
Mr Morgan was taken to hospital after the shooting but released home Tuesday.
Several people were sleeping in the home when someone or possibly a group of people entered the home and fired, police said. Morgan was able to return fire, police said.
The armed suspect then left the house and no other shots were fired.
Investigators returned to the scene on Wednesday afternoon. Sergeant Robert Purdy, pictured, addresses the public for help
Former Wesley Morgan, 71, was shot dead along with his wife after exchanging gunfire with an invader before dawn on Tuesday.
Kentucky State Police said they received a call at 4:30 p.m.
Detectives are still in the “very early stages, preliminary stages of the investigation,” said Kentucky State Police Officer Robert Purdy, and the motive is still unknown.
“This is not the kind of incident or situation we see a lot in Madison County,” he said. NBC News.
“I know the family and it is a tragic loss for the community. As a father myself, I can’t imagine anything like this happening. Our hearts go to them.
Investigators returned to the scene on Wednesday afternoon. Sergeant Purdy turned to the public for help.
“Honestly, we believe that someone knows something and we just want to get accurate information,” he said.
The Madison County Coroner’s Office confirmed that Morgan had been shot “more than once.”
Morgan served one term as state representative for Richmond and Beria in Madison County.
While in office, Morgan, who owns several liquor stores in Kentucky, was accused of smuggling alcohol across the county.
At the time, doing so without a carrier’s license was illegal.
The house is said to be “the safest home on the market” and was built to withstand an earthquake.
A judge eventually dropped the charges after the state law was changed.
Morgan continued to unsuccessfully challenge Senator Mitch McConnell in the state’s Republican primary in 2020.
His daughter, Jordan Morgan, worked on Republican Matt Bevin’s successful campaign for governor of Kentucky in 2015 and worked with him a year and a half later as a member of his communications team.
In 2017, she left the world of politics to become an assistant to a community attorney prosecuting crime based in Boone County. She recently joined Reminger Law Firm in Lexington.
“Reminger wishes to express its sincere condolences to Morgan’s family,” the company said in a statement. “She was a nice colleague and a promising lawyer. We are shocked and saddened by the circumstances surrounding her unfortunate death. ”
Jordan was last in the news in 2017 after receiving inappropriate text messages from one of four Republicans in the House of Representatives involved in a secret sexual harassment agreement with another employee.
One message is shown on The courier newspaper read “You’re about 1.8 feet tall with black hair and high heels and you can probably find a way to convince someone of something if you need strength, haha.”
Morgan had announced his 14,300-square-foot mansion with six bedrooms and seven bathrooms for sale last year. The property was complete with an underground, reinforced steel bunker
When the house was put up for sale, it was announced complete with a nuclear bunker and capable of withstanding a nuclear attack and the strongest earthquake. The photo shows the food reserves
Morgan had announced his 14,300-square-foot mansion with six bedrooms and seven bathrooms for sale last year.
Comes complete with a saltwater pool, steam sauna and heated floors on a 200-acre lakeside property.
However, perhaps its most unusual feature is the 2,000-square-foot, fully loaded underground bunker, located behind a huge steel and concrete door.
$ 6.5 million list advertises the home as capable of withstanding a nuclear attack and the strongest earthquake, with the bunker alone worth $ 3 million.
“It was built by someone who wanted the best refuge for the fallen. He wanted to be very secure and he wanted to have things that none of the others had, “said listing agent Marilyn Hoffman of Hoffman International Properties. Realtor.com. “It’s a nuclear, biological and chemical refuge.”
Zillow described the home as “the safest home on the market in this country”.
“I just wanted somewhere safe,” Morgan said at the time the home was on the market.