Gun Violence strikes Gun Sense supporter and his wife.
ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a rising star in the Democratic Party until sexual assault allegations ruined his political fortunes, killed his estranged wife and then himself weeks before a judge’s deadline to move out of their family home, according to police and court records.
Officers called to the home in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Annandale early Thursday found the bodies of Fairfax, 47, and his wife, Dr. Cerina Fairfax, 49, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said.
Justin Fairfax fatally shot his wife, a successful dentist, in the basement before going to an upstairs bedroom and killing himself, Davis said. Their son called 911.
One of Justin Fairfax’s longtime friends told The Associated Press that he became increasingly despondent after his wife filed for divorce last year. The judge overseeing the divorce recently wrote that his “isolation, drinking, and a lack of participation in family life are manifestations of what seems to be a sense of fatalism and hopelessness.”
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his wife and himself, police say | AP News
His last act on earth was to do become an statistic to be used by the Gun Control crowd. How noble of him to take one for the team.
“He bought a handgun in 2022 with money intended for horseback riding lessons for their children, court records showed.”
But if the Commonwealth of Virginia only had a Red Flag law, this could have been avoided!
Wait! Do you mean that laws do not magically stop “gun violence”? But we were promised that they would?
“Rules for thee but not for me”
Once again the mantra "Every accusation is a confession" rings true.
They push gun control because they know what 'they' would do w/ a gun.
And their children were home. Their son found the mother and had to call the police. So heartbreaking.