Senator Creigh Deeds is hospitalized in critical condition with stab wounds, and his son Gus has died from a gunshot wound, police tell the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Creigh is receiving treatment at the UVA Medical Center. Police don’t yet know what happened. Creigh is, of course, the area’s state senator.
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FB rumor mill says ‘domestic dispute’, but take that for what its worth.
This is incredibly messed up, whatever happened.
The Times-Dispatch has more on the mental health of Gus Deeds:
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/creigh-deeds-son-had-mental-health-evaluation-monday/article_431e61ca-5128-11e3-944a-001a4bcf6878.html
“The son was evaluated Monday at Bath County Hospital, Cropper said, but was released because no psychiatric bed could be located across a wide area of western Virginia.”
I hope that sentence will get the appropriate attention from people in the Commonwealth who are in a position to do something about it.
And hoping for the best for Sen. Deeds.
BBC says authorities think it was an attempted murder – suicide.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25005807