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WE ARE TOLD THE PEDESTRIAN WAS
TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL.
NOW TO OUR BIG STORY, THE
DEATH OF A MAN WHO POLICE
BELIEVE SHOT HIMSELF INSIDE A
SOUTHWEST DISTRICT POLICE
STATION.
AND VESTA GATORS SAY IT
APPEARS TYREE WOODSON KILLED
HIMSELF.
11 NEWS REPORTER KAI REED HAS
SOME NEW INFORMATION ABOUT ONCE
IN AND REACTION FROM HIS FAMILY.
POLICE CALLED
WOODSON A
VIOLENT INDIVIDUAL AND SAID THAT
HE WAS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR
ATTEMPTED ***.
TONIGHT, HIS MOTHER AND FIANCÉE
SAY THEY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT LED UP TO HIS DEATH.
THAT IS MY CHILD.
HIS LIFE IS GONE.
HIS LIFE IS GONE.
TYREE WOODSON'S MOTHER
VERDESSA MCDOUGALD IS BOTH SAD
AND ANGRY.
ANGRY BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T
BELIEVE SHE HAS THE WHOLE STORY
OF HOW HER SON DIED.
I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE
SAYING.
I DO NOT BELIEVE MY S
ON SHOT
HIMSELF.
INVESTIGATORS SAY OFFICERS
TOOK WOODS INTO THE STATION FOR
QUESTIONING.
ACCORDING TO POLICE, WOODSON
ASKED TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND
A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
SHOWS HE SHOT HIMSELF WITH A
HIGH CALIBER GUN IN ONE OF THE
STALLS.
AFTER THE SHOOTING, DEPUTY
POLICE COMMISSIONER JERRY
ROSBURG AS EXPLAINED THAT POLICY
IS FOR OFFICERS TO PAT SUSPECTS
DOWN FOR WEAPONS BEFORE THEY ARE
TRANSPORTED TO THE STATION.
HE WASN'T SURE IF THAT HAPPENED
IN THIS CASE.
IF THEY SEARCHED HIM, THEY
SHOULD HAVE FOUND A GUN ON HIM.
IF THEY DID NOT, THEN THEY ARE
OUT OF ORDER.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT MY SON DID
NOT SHOOT HIMSELF.
THAT IS NOT SITTING WELL WITH
ME.
TINY SHOW WHITE -- TAHESHA W
HITE SAYS THEY WERE PLANNING TO
GET MARRIED.
WHY WOULD HE HAVE A GUN ON
HIM?
WHY?
HE DIDN'T HAVE NO GUN ON HIM.
SOMETHING HAPPENED.
I WANT TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF
IT.
COURT RECORDS SHOW THAT
WOODSON WAS DUE TO GO TO TRIAL
THIS MONTH ON CHARGES OF
POSSESSING A CONCEALED WEAPON
AND CONTRABAND.
HE WAS SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS
BEHIND BARS FOR ASSAULTING A
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
EMPLOYEE AND FACED TWO ATTEMPTED
*** CHARGES IN 2003 THAT WERE
THROWN OUT.
WOODSON AND HIS FIANCÉE WERE
BOTH SHOT THIS LAST THURSDAY.
WOODSON WAS WEARING A BOOT ON
HIS FOOT WHEN OFFICERS BROUGHT
HIM TO THE STATION.