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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife Dr. Cerina Fairfax before he killed himself inside their Northern Virginia home, police confirmed Thursday morning. Police said the couple was going through a divorce. Shortly after midnight on April 16, Fairfax County police officers responded to the 8100 block of Guinevere Drive, where they discovered the bodies of an adult male and an adult female inside the home, Captain Chris Cosgriff said. Investigators believe Justin Fairfax man shot Cerina Fairfax before turning the gun on himself in what police described as a domestic incident....

A man killed a woman and then himself in a murder-suicide at the $1 million Virginia home of top former Democrat lawmaker Justin Fairfax. Officers were called to a home on Guinevere Drive in Annandale early Thursday morning, Fairfax County Police said. Property records reviewed by the Daily Mail confirmed the residence is owned by the former Virginia lieutenant governor, 47, and his wife Cerina, 49. Authorities have not disclosed the identities of the deceased, with a press conference expected to take place imminently. Police descended on the residence just after midnight after a 911 caller told dispatchers that he...

Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, confirmed Thursday that they found former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax dead in his home in an apparent murder-suicide.“I’m here to confirm the identity of our shooter in this murder-suicide that happened several hours ago as former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said in a press conference Thursday morning. “Fairfax shot and killed his wife inside of their home and then shot and killed himself.”“This has been an ongoing domestic dispute surrounding what seems to be a complicated or messy divorce,” he added.Fairfax reportedly shot and killed his wife in the...

Justin Fairfax could soon be a household name, with the scandal enveloping Virginia Governor Ralph Northam potentially having Fairfax in line to become the nation’s youngest governor — and one of its most progressive. **SNIP** Virginia’s charter says that Fairfax would take over as governor and would appoint a new lieutenant governor, who would be up for a special election for the final two years of the term. Justin Fairfax is only the second African-American to be elected to a statewide office in Virginia, following only former Governor Douglas Wilder. He was elected lieutenant governor in 2017 after defeating Republican...