MILLBORO, Va. — The son of state Sen. Creigh Deeds stabbed his father in the head and chest Tuesday before apparently killing himself with a gun, according to initial reports from police.
Virginia State Police said they were not searching for suspects.
Deeds was stabbed multiple times, and his 24-year-old son, Gus, was found shot to death when authorities arrived at the politician’s home, police spokeswoman Corrine Geller said.
Creigh Deeds was flown to the University of Virginia Health System Hospital where a spokeswoman said his condition improved from critical to fair.
Geller said police were still sorting out the sequence of events, but the indication is that the senator and his son were only people involved in the deadly events. Gus Deeds had been enrolled on and off since 2007 at the College of William and Mary but withdrew last month.
Deeds, 55, is a Democrat who lost to Gov. Bob McDonnell in 2009 and also lost to McDonnell in the 2005 attorney general race.
