Very little information right now, will add more as it comes in, but Creigh Deeds, who was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia in 2009 (and lost to McDonnell) was assaulted in his home, where another person was found dead. He is in critical condition. No word yet on who did it or why.
Update from the Washington Post:
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. The Washington Post could not confirm that Deeds’s son was the deceased victim.Corinne Geller, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police, would not comment beyond a brief statement issued Tuesday morning. Police were planning a more detailed briefing around noon in Charlottesville.
The statement says police responded to Deeds’s home about 7:25 a.m. The senator was flown to University of Virginia Health System Hospital.