State senator stabbed, son dead, state police say

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State senator stabbed, son dead, state police say


Whatever happened, it was an awful tragedy: a state senator repeatedly stabbed in the head and torso; his 24-year-old son fatally wounded by a gunshot.

That's the scene Virginia State Police and Bath County, Virginia, sheriff's deputies encountered when they rushed to state Sen. Creigh Deeds' home in response to a 911 call Tuesday morning.

Tuesday afternoon, investigators reported the evidence collected so far indicates that Deeds was stabbed during a fight with his son, Austin "Gus" Deeds, who died of a gunshot wound despite state troopers' attempts to revive him.

"Based on the evidence we have, we are looking at this as an attempted murder and suicide," Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller told reporters. No one else was in the house at the time of the altercation, and investigators are not seeking any other suspects, Geller said.

State senator stabbed, son dead, state police say - CNN.com

holy cow...i hope survives and my thoughts go out to that family. what an incredible tragedy.

 

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Gus Deeds had been given a mental health evaluation under an emergency custody order Monday, but was released because no psychiatric bed could be located across a wide area of western Virginia, Dennis Cropper, executive director of the Rockbridge Area Community Services Board, told the newspaper.

that is absolutely ridiculous...that should never be possible, ever.