MARION COUNTY, TN – An investigation by Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agents, Marion County deputies, and THP troopers has resulted in the arrest of an Illinois man, charged with fatally shooting his father inside a rest area off Interstate 24 in East Tennessee.
Authorities were dispatched to the I-24 eastbound rest area near mile marker 160 around 6 p.m. CST Friday. They found 55-year-old Michael Monroe Woods, Jr. (DOB 09/02/1966), of Columbia, Missouri deceased in the bathroom. The shooter has been identified as the victim’s son, 30-year-old Micah E. McElmurry (03/08/1992), of Decatur, Illinois.
McElmurry was taken into custody Friday night. He was charged with one count of Criminal Homicide and booked into the Marion County Jail, where he is currently being held without bond. (Photo: Micah E. McElmurry, courtesy TBI)