Former Kentucky The state MP cried as he spoke about the loss of his daughter, who was killed in a home raid early Tuesday morning.
Former State Representative Wesley Morgan said he was with his eldest daughter, Jordan Morgan, just hours before an unknown assailant entered their Richmond mansion and opened fire.
Jordan, a 32-year-old lawyer who lived part-time at a home in Madison County, died in the shooting while her father was taken to hospital with three gunshot wounds.
Wesley, 71, says he is recovering well from his wounds, but will never recover emotionally from the loss of his daughter.
“My heart is broken,” he said FOX 56 as he began to cry. “I can’t understand why I would give everything to this Earth if it was me and not her.
“I’d rather be me.”
Wesley said he was with Jordan watching an episode of 1883 just hours before the shooting around 4 a.m.
“She got up, hugged me, and said, ‘I love you, Dad,’ and I said, ‘I love you, too,'” he recalled at the news station. “And then she went to bed and this son of ab **** killed her.”
He added that his “life will never be the same”, saying: “Until the day I die, I will think about her, yes, I will.”
Jordan Morgan, right, was shot and killed in a home raid early Tuesday morning, and her father, former W. Wesley Morgan, was wounded.
Wesley said he is now recovering from his wounds, but will never recover from the loss of his eldest daughter
The incident took place at Morgan’s $ 6.5 million mansion in Richmond, Kentucky, pictured
Kentucky state police said they received a call at 4:30 a.m. about a $ 6.5 million shooting at Morgan’s mansion.
Detectives said several people were sleeping in the home when someone or possibly a group of people entered the home and opened fire sometime between 3.45am and 4.30am. Wesley then fired back at the perpetrator, police said, as he continued to flee the home.
The Madison County Office later confirmed that Jordan had been shot “more than once”.
Detectives are still in the “very early stages, preliminary stages of the investigation” as of Wednesday, Kentucky State Police Officer Robert Purdy said, adding that the motive was 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 Wednesday afternoon as a 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.
He encouraged anyone who witnessed anything unusual in the area between 4 and 4:30 a.m. to call the Kansas State Police at (859) 623-2404.
DailyMail.com contacted Kansas police for more information about the investigation.
Jordan was shot several times during an intrusion into the home early Tuesday morning
Jordan, left, was described by friends and family as kind, loving, and intelligent. She is pictured at the Kentucky Derby
Sergeant Robert Purdy, pictured, turned to the public for help with the investigation
Jordan had previously been in the headlines in 2017 when he publicly accused Republican Michael Meredith of sending her inappropriate text messages as part of a secret sexual harassment deal involving four Republicans in the House of Representatives.
She said at the time that she began receiving a number of messages from Meredith after working on Republican Matt Bevin’s successful 2015 campaign for the governor of Kentucky and working with him for a year and a half afterwards as a member of his communications team.
Jordan met for the first time with Meredith after Bevin won the 2016 election, she said Courier Magazine, when she and the rest of Bevin’s campaign staff celebrated his victory.
She said Meredith’s behavior was “a little too friendly”, so she left the event. But then he sent her a message on Facebook: “Where did you go, beautiful?”
Over the next year and a half, she said, she received a number of messages from Meredith, including one that read, “You’re a meter and a half tall with black hair and high heels, and you can probably find a way to convince someone of anything.” if strength is needed, lol.
None of the text messages were “too extreme,” she said, and they were “just kind of flirtatious,” but they seemed “inappropriate,” especially since Meredith was married and elected.
“He was not my boss, but he was in an authoritative position,” she said, adding, “You don’t want to be an enemy of a government official, so just laugh.”
Jordan said she came up with the inappropriate texts only after it was revealed that four Republicans in the House of Representatives were involved in a secret agreement on sexual harassment with another employee.
The scandal cost former House Speaker Jeff Hoover and Meredith the lead, but a year later Meredith was reinstated as chair of the House Committee on Local Government.
Jordan was previously in the headlines in 2017 when he publicly accused State Representative Michael Meredith of sending her inappropriate text messages. She is seen here with her father during her law degree
Jordan recently joined Reminger Law Firm in Lexington
Jordan, meanwhile, has left the world of politics to become an assistant attorney for the Boone County-based community crime prosecution. 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. ”
Friends and family described her as kind, loving and intelligent, and her niece Hailey Burrows, who was only 11 years younger than Jordan, saying: “She was so great. Generous, selfless, funny, so funny, [and] loving.
“She is the queen of nets,” Burroughs said Lex 18. “If I ever needed to know someone, she knew someone who could connect me.”
Burroughs said she has decided to follow in Jordan’s footsteps, pursuing a law degree from the University of Kentucky, and plans to take the LSAT this summer.
“She always urged me to do my best,” Burroughs said of his aunt, whom she described as “rather a best friend.”
She said she was upset that her aunt would not be around to meet any of her future boyfriends or attend her wedding, but she firmly believes she is in a better place and is happy. So that helps me get through this.
Wesley is well known for his eccentricities after announcing his mansion for sale with a bunker in the ground
Wesley served one term as a state representative for Richmond and Beria in Madison County
Jordan’s father, Wesley, meanwhile, served one term as state representative for Richmond and Beria in Madison County.
While in office, Wesley, 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.
A judge eventually dropped the charges after the state law was changed.
He continued to unsuccessfully challenge Senator Mitch McConnell in the Republican primary in 2020.
The house is said to be “the safest home on the market” and was built to withstand an earthquake.
The 2,000-square-foot steel bunker itself is said to cost $ 3 million
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
The bunker also includes an “escape tunnel” to an undiscovered location
Wesley was also known for his eccentricities.
Last year, he announced his 14,300-square-foot mansion, 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.
Wesley began building the bunker more than a decade ago, after the election of President Barack Obama.
He said then that “he can see the handwriting on the wall that Obama is trying to turn our country into a socialist country” and with hundreds of tons of chemical agents stored at the Blue Grass Army depot south of Richmond, he decided it would be wise to build a bunker.
“I saw the bad things happening in the world,” he said Kentucky.com last year. “And I think a lot of bad things are happening in the world right now.
“If we don’t get together, we will end up in a civil war.”
He said he and his wife Lindsay lived in the bunker – which can hold up to 30 people with separate bedrooms, a kitchen and a living room – for several years until the construction of the house on top was completed.
Zillow describes the home as “the safest home on the market in this country” and offers an “escape tunnel” to an undiscovered location.
“I just wanted somewhere safe,” Wesley said at the time the home was on the market.