The former Lieutenant Governor of Virginia has murdered his estranged wife and killed himself at their $1 million home.
Justin Fairfax, a Democrat, shot his dentist spouse Cerina dead in the unfinished basement of their home in Annandale in the early hours of Thursday, Fairfax County Police said.
The couple’s son Cameron, 16, and 14-year-old daughter Carys were home at the time, but unharmed. They are being tended to by relatives and victim services.
Cerina, 49, filed filed for divorce from Fairfax last year and the proceedings were underway at the time of their deaths, with court appearances pending for next week.
Fairfax was recently served paperwork indicating when he was next due to appear in court which investigators say ‘may have been a spark’ to the deadly act of violence.
The couple had been living together despite being separated and were understood to have separate bedrooms, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said.
Davis said his officers responded to the home in January this year after Fairfax alleged that Cerina assaulted him inside the home.
Investigators determined that the alleged assault never occurred and no arrests were made, police said.
Maybe it’s just Democrats who need to give up their guns.