Former Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax has died in an apparent murder-suicide at the age of 47.

“Justin Fairfax shot and killed – shot several times – and killed his wife, ran to a different part of the home and then killed himself with the same firearm he just got unseen,” police chief Kevin Davis told the press on Thursday morning (April 16).

He was married to a dentist named Cerina Fairfax.

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Apparently, they were going through a divorce but still lived together in their Annandale, Virginia home. This apparently occurred just before midnight on Wednesday (April 15).

“We know that because when Mr. Fairfax called us to their home back in January and alleged that his wife assaulted him in the home, we were able to go to those cameras and determine that that that never occurred. So if that’s the only time that the Fairfax County Police Department has ever been at the Fairfax home,” the chief of police added.

If you are not aware, he was the state’s 41st lieutenant governor under Gov. Ralph Northam from January 2018 until January 2022.

Fairfax and his wife had two kids, and the New York Post shares they were at home when this act of violence happened.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 in the U.S. to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or visit 988lifeline.org.