A terrible tragedy unfolded early Tuesday morning near Vineyard Farm onRoute 42, just south of Millboro Springs.
Senator Creigh Deeds was stabbed by his son, Gus, who later shot himself in the head.Sen. Deeds was flown by helicopter to the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville. A second helicopter was called to fly Gus Deeds to a medical facility, but he died of his wounds at the scene.
Dennis Cropper, executive director of the Rockbridge County Community Services Board, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch
that the emergency custody order, or ECO, allowed Gus Deeds to be held as long as four hours to determine whether he should be held longer, up to 48 hours, under a temporary detention order.
The son was evaluated Monday at Bath Community Hospital, Cropper said, but was released because no psychiatric bed could be located across a wide area of western Virginia.