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Ex-Bush Aide Fatally Shoots Son, Himself
WA PO ^ | Saturday, July 15, 2006 | Tom Jackman and Stephanie McCrummen

Posted on 07/14/2006 9:27:43 PM PDT by woofie

Gunfire at McLean Home Followed Fight With Wife

A former Bush administration official, after arguing violently with his wife Thursday night, shot and killed his 12-year-old son inside their McLean home, then turned a shotgun on himself and committed suicide, Fairfax County police said.

William H. Lash III, 45, was an assistant secretary of commerce from 2001 until last year, then returned to teach at George Mason University Law School in Arlington, where he had begun as a professor in 1994. His wife, Sharon K. Zackula, fled the house before the shootings, and police said yesterday they were not sure what ignited the murder-suicide in a first-floor bedroom.

Friends and neighbors described Lash as devoted to his only child, William H. Lash IV, who was autistic. Will Lash had just completed sixth grade at Haycock Elementary School in the Falls Church area, Fairfax school officials said. The father and son could often be seen side by side on the swing set in their back yard, one neighbor said, and the pair often attended Washington Nationals baseball games.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: autism; commerce; dcsuburbs; deptofcommerce; fairfax; fairfaxcounty; fallschurch; georgemason; gmu; lash; mclean; murder; suicide
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1 posted on 07/14/2006 9:27:44 PM PDT by woofie
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To: woofie

Prayers


2 posted on 07/14/2006 9:28:07 PM PDT by woofie ("Romper, bomper, stomper, boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me do.Magic mirror, tell me today.)
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To: woofie

Assistant Commerce Secretary is a presidential aide?


3 posted on 07/14/2006 9:30:38 PM PDT by Ingtar (Prensa dos para el inglés)
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To: woofie

Oh my. How brutally tragic.


4 posted on 07/14/2006 9:31:13 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: woofie

Prayers for the family.


5 posted on 07/14/2006 9:31:38 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: woofie

Prayers for the innocent victims.


6 posted on 07/14/2006 9:31:55 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: Ingtar
Assistant Commerce Secretary is a presidential aide?

Only in a story like this and if the administration is Republican.

7 posted on 07/14/2006 9:32:20 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
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To: woofie
Deranged Man Ex-Bush Aide Fatally Shoots Son, Himself

There, fixed it.

Prayers for the wife and for his son's soul.

8 posted on 07/14/2006 9:33:07 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: woofie

Very sad, prayers for the wife.


9 posted on 07/14/2006 9:33:28 PM PDT by jazusamo (DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
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To: woofie
How awful. What is wrong with people these days?

Doesn't death come soon enough?

10 posted on 07/14/2006 9:35:14 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: COEXERJ145; Ingtar

The assistant to the cousin of the hairdresser of the wife of the President's limo mechanic would qualify as a Bush aide, too.


11 posted on 07/14/2006 9:35:20 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: woofie

Wow...what a shame. What a waste. Prayers.


12 posted on 07/14/2006 9:36:33 PM PDT by tflabo (Take authority that's ours)
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To: woofie

How very strange. Especially the last part about Zackula not able to be located. The whole character evidence of this man indicates that this act is way out of the ordinary. How stange.


13 posted on 07/14/2006 9:37:43 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: COEXERJ145
If the wife comes out against President Bush, she might receive fame and fortune.

15 posted on 07/14/2006 9:38:05 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Jorge
"Doesn't death come soon enough?

Too soon for the good...
Too late for the rest...

Semper Fi

16 posted on 07/14/2006 9:39:24 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Jorge
"Doesn't death come soon enough?"

You sure are right, Jorge. We are all just poor saps given a short time to play on the Earth. People shouldn't be robbed of what little that is. This kind of stuff can get pretty sad.


17 posted on 07/14/2006 9:45:44 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: woofie

Why did the police wait so long to go in??


18 posted on 07/14/2006 9:49:58 PM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePb6H-j51xE&search=Democrats)
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To: Jorge
What is wrong with people these days?

Men eventually realize that there is no satisfactory exit strategy from a relationship involving children that goes bad.

Some react better than others.

Real men buck up and do what has to be done, others take this route.

19 posted on 07/14/2006 9:51:37 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: Ingtar

"Assistant Commerce Secretary is a presidential aide?"

The AP article called him a former Commerce Department Official, but he was appointed by the Bush Administration and approved by Congress.

Prayers for the family.


20 posted on 07/14/2006 9:52:15 PM PDT by Belleview
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