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Sen. Creigh Deeds Stabbed, Son Shot Dead
WRIC.com ^ | November 19, 2013 | WRIC

Posted on 11/19/2013 7:27:25 AM PST by Raebie

MIILLBORO, Va. (WRIC)—Former gubernatorial candidate and Democratic State Senator Creigh Deeds is in critical condition after being stabbed in his home Tuesday morning.

At 7:25 a.m. on Nov. 19, Virginia State Police responded to Deeds' home in Bath County, where Deeds had been stabbed. The senator's son, Gus, was found fatally shot at the scene.

Deeds was flown to the University of Virginia Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition.

The Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation's Salem Field Office is conducting an investigation into the assault.

8News crews are headed to both Deeds' Millboro home and the University of Virginia Medical Center. Stay with us online and watch 8News at Noon for updates.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bath; bathcounty; bathva; creighdeeds; dead; deeds; gusdeeds; shot; son; stabbed; virginia
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To: null and void

Just Fox so far.


41 posted on 11/19/2013 8:27:03 AM PST by goldi
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To: LucianOfSamasota

Austin ‘Gus’ Deeds, Son, Reportedly Stabs Senator Creigh Deeds; Kills Self

Austin ‘Gus’ Deeds, the son of Virginia Senator Creigh Deeds, stabbed the senator before shooting himself, according to reports.

Virginia state police said that his son attacked him on Tuesday before he turned the gun on himself, News4 reported, citing unnamed sources.

Gus Deeds died on the scene, officials said.

Police were sent to Deeds’ home at around 7:25 a.m.

A local newspaper, The Recorder, said that Gus Deeds “stabbed his father, Sen. Creigh Deeds, this morning, and then shot himself.”

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/364270-austin-gus-deeds-son-reportedly-stabs-senator-creigh-deeds-kills-self/


42 posted on 11/19/2013 8:27:44 AM PST by kcvl
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To: edcoil

I have known Sen. Deeds for many years, going back to when he was in the House of Delegates. He is a great guy. He was responsible for the amendment to the state constitution preserving the right to hunt and fish in Virginia (a totally unnecessary amendment, but you never know).

Deeds lives in the state’s least populous county, Bath County, where there are natural hot springs and the Homestead resort. About 3,000 people live there, I think. It is against the West Va line.

I have never met his son.

Deeds ended up in a recount in his race for attorney general, losing by about 400 votes, I think. He lost to the man now governor, McDonall.


43 posted on 11/19/2013 8:28:55 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: ConservativeChris

I think he was just being “weaponist”.


44 posted on 11/19/2013 8:29:05 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MWestMom

MWestMom Wrote:
“Psycologically, isn’t stabbing considered a very “personal” method of attack? Guns are seen as a more distant/removed method. Son intended to inflict horror and pain. Afterwards, couldn’t bring himself to go out that way, so he shot himself. My thoughts. It’s horrible however it went down.”

Yes ma’am, knives are very much up-close-and-personal, and as some say, ‘once administered, to watch the change in the light of the eyes directly’. It is also said that knife tips have a bad habit of sticking in bone. That might explain the gun use.

This story has a lot of “fill in the blanks” yet, so I withhold my observations.


45 posted on 11/19/2013 8:29:30 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: edcoil

Very tragic for the fractured families; so much divorce, pain, and mental illness; young men need jobs and their own families; need independence.


46 posted on 11/19/2013 8:30:56 AM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began,)
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To: MWestMom

“Psychologically, isn’t stabbing considered a very “personal” method of attack?”

Bingo. Lots of rage involved.


47 posted on 11/19/2013 8:31:12 AM PST by animal172 (Calling Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Raebie

One fine day in the middle of the night
A father and son began to fight

Back to back they faced each other
Drew their knives and shot each other.

A blind man saw it a deaf man heard it
and a man with no legs run to get the police.

or so I’ver been told


48 posted on 11/19/2013 8:34:35 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Travon... Felony assault and battery hate crime)
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To: animal172; MWestMom
Psychologically, isn’t stabbing considered a very “personal” method of attack...Lots of rage involved.

Just ask Norman Bates.

49 posted on 11/19/2013 8:35:22 AM PST by PapaNew
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To: petitfour
My thoughts exactly. His son campaigned for him — then after reelection he divorced and married young wife. I can understand why a son would be livid. Too bad the son had to destroy his own life.

What kind of man is the father?

50 posted on 11/19/2013 8:38:26 AM PST by Kay
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To: Raebie

This is horrible.

Prayers for all of this poor family.

No matter how much time passes, there is something particularly painful about losing a loved one to suicide that remains with the ones left behind.

May God be with all of the family and friends who are touched by this terrible tragedy.


51 posted on 11/19/2013 8:39:15 AM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: Raebie

Absolutely awful. I hope State Senator Deeds recovers completely and quickly.


52 posted on 11/19/2013 8:41:25 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: edcoil
Family argument?

Without knowing any facts, that was the first thing that popped into my head as well. One stabbed and one shot. Why not shoot both if it was an intruder?
Yep. I believe one got stabbed and the other shot back in self defense.

53 posted on 11/19/2013 8:43:07 AM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: grumpygresh

RE Gun Grabbers:

No they won’t. This is a Dem that shot someone. That’s OK...


54 posted on 11/19/2013 8:43:08 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: oh8eleven

Believe murder by knife is referred to as a “crime of passion”. He wanted his father to see him, to feel the pain. Yowza.


55 posted on 11/19/2013 8:45:09 AM PST by sarasota
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To: oh8eleven
Democratic sources tell News4 that Deeds' son Austin "Gus" Deeds attacked his father Tuesday morning before turning a gun on himself. Police say Gus Deeds died at the scene."

Opps. I was close, but no cigar. Suicide never entered my mind.
Darn it! I suck at this game.

56 posted on 11/19/2013 8:46:34 AM PST by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: Raebie

Terribly sad story. That kid had to be full of a lot of anger and pain.


57 posted on 11/19/2013 8:48:12 AM PST by dforest
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To: Raebie

Did Gus lose his health insurance policy and was he over 26?


58 posted on 11/19/2013 8:49:45 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: concerned about politics

“Democratic sources tell News4 that Deeds’ son Austin “Gus” Deeds attacked his father Tuesday morning before turning a gun on himself. Police say Gus Deeds died at the scene.”

Stabbed dad, shot self is the news so far.


59 posted on 11/19/2013 8:51:02 AM PST by edcoil (System now set up not to allow some to win but for no one to lose!)
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To: wbill

It’s not true unless you saw it on the web.


60 posted on 11/19/2013 8:53:48 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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