Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, police say

Investigators at the scene of a fala shooting in Annandale.(WTOP/Neal Augenstein)

BREAKING: Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, police say.

This is a breaking news update and will be updated.

Two people are dead in Annandale, Virginia, Thursday after a shooting that Fairfax County police are describing as a domestic incident.

Officers responded to the 8100 block of Guinevere Drive shortly after midnight.

When they arrived, police found a man and a woman dead inside a home.

“Preliminarily, it appears that the adult male shot the adult female before shooting himself in a domestic related incident,” Capt. Chris Cosgriff said in a briefing.

Cosgriff added that authorities are withholding the victims’ names until next of kin can be notified.

Anyone with information are asked to call crime solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS.

Below is a livestream of a police briefing.

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Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

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