Virginia state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds was seriously injured in an assault at his house in Bath County, west of Charlottesville.
A second person inside the home was found dead, according to Virginia State Police.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Deeds (D-Bath) was stabbed and critically injured and that the dead person is his son, Gus, who suffered a gunshot wound.
Deeds, 55, is best-known for his unsuccessful bid for governor in 2009. He bested two Democratic rivals – Brian Moran and Terry McAuliffe – to win the party nomination, but went on to lose the general election to Robert McDonnell by a 17-point margin.
That marked Deeds’s second loss to McDonnell: The two men also squared off in the 2005 attorney general race, which was so close it went to a recount. McDonnell prevailed in the end by 360 votes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/virginia-state-senator-injured-in-home-another-person-found-dead-inside/2013/11/19/3e419ac4-512c-11e3-9fe0-fd2ca728e67c_story.html
A second person inside the home was found dead, according to Virginia State Police.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Deeds (D-Bath) was stabbed and critically injured and that the dead person is his son, Gus, who suffered a gunshot wound.
Deeds, 55, is best-known for his unsuccessful bid for governor in 2009. He bested two Democratic rivals – Brian Moran and Terry McAuliffe – to win the party nomination, but went on to lose the general election to Robert McDonnell by a 17-point margin.
That marked Deeds’s second loss to McDonnell: The two men also squared off in the 2005 attorney general race, which was so close it went to a recount. McDonnell prevailed in the end by 360 votes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/virginia-state-senator-injured-in-home-another-person-found-dead-inside/2013/11/19/3e419ac4-512c-11e3-9fe0-fd2ca728e67c_story.html