STORY: Former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax fatally shot his wife before killing himself in their northern Virginia home shortly after midnight on Thursday.
That's according to law enforcement, who said the murder-suicide seemed to stem from a domestic dispute related to the couple's ongoing divorce.
The couple's teenage children were home at the time of the shootings and called 911.
Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said the former lieutenant governor was recently served court papers for an upcoming proceeding, leading to the incident.
Fairfax was once a rising star in the Democratic Party.
Less than two years after he was elected, two women accused Fairfax of sexually assaulting them in 2000 and 2004.
Fairfax denied the allegations, saying the encounters were consensual.
He largely dropped out of the public eye after he lost the Democratic primary race for Virginia governor in 2021.
Police Chief Davis said Fairfax's wife had installed cameras throughout the home and he believed the cameras were still operational during the incident.
