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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