Sheila McCurry Woody, 52, was found dead from gunshot wounds at her home on Johnson Road in Burnsville, North Carolina on August 1, 2022. Her husband, Herman Myron Woody, and daughter, Chelsey Lanay Woody Miller, were also killed. The Yancey County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of shots fired; deputies encountered gunfire from the family’s son, Travis Caleb Woody, who was shot and killed by responding officers.

Sheila worked 13 years as a Child Nutrition Assistant at East Yancey Middle School and was active in the Green Mountain community and Blue Rock Baptist Church. Authorities say the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is handling the officer-involved shooting; the motive for the killings has not been released.

Did anyone in the Burnsville area know the family or have information about events leading up to August 1, 2022?