Summary
Virginia's former Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife before killing himself at their home in Annandale, police said. The couple was going through a divorce, and their teenage son called 911 after finding them.
Key Facts
- Justin Fairfax was a former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and once considered a rising star in the Democratic party.
- Fairfax and his wife were found dead in a murder-suicide at their home in northern Virginia.
- Their teenage son called 911 shortly after midnight on Thursday.
- The couple was in the process of divorcing, and Fairfax had recently been served court paperwork.
- Fairfax faced public sexual assault allegations in 2019 from two women, which he denied and said the encounters were consensual.
- Fairfax once appeared likely to become Virginia governor during a scandal involving then-Governor Ralph Northam.
- Police are investigating the motive behind the murder-suicide.
- The police chief expressed shock and sadness over the incident.
