6 dead in apparent murder-suicide in Va.

WASHINGTON — A man killed five members of his family, then himself after a standoff with police on Wednesday in Chesapeake, Virginia, officers say.

The Chesapeake police say that they got a call at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to check on someone’s welfare in a house on Wildwood Road.

When they got there, they found the body of Landon Dooley, 22.

Police say their investigation led them to a home at North George Washington Highway and Wintergreen Street. When police got there at about 7 p.m., they negotiated with Cameron Dooley, 26, who they say was armed and barricaded inside the home, where he lived with his grandmother.

When the police went in at about 2 a.m. Thursday, they found Dooley’s body, as well as that of his father, Steven Todd Dooley, 50, a recently retired Chesapeake police officer; his mother, Lori Dooley, 54; his sister, Brooke Dooley, 17, and another woman, whom they haven’t positively identified yet. All lived on Wildwood Road.

The police are continuing to investigate.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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