NOW: Former Virginia Lt. Gov Shoots, Kills Wife Then Himself; Their Son Called 911
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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This is a breaking story. Police just confirmed that former lieutenant governor of Virginia Justin Fairfax and his wife were found dead at their home overnight. Police say it was a murder-suicide and that the couple's two teenage kids were at home dring the incident. One of them called 9-1-1. Police say the couple was going through a "messy" divorce. Fairfax was a rising star in politics before accusations from two women changed his fate.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey there, folks. It is Thursday, April 16th, and a breaking story this morning. |
| 0:12.8 | Just getting word from police in Virginia that that states former lieutenant governor has shot and killed his wife. |
| 0:21.7 | Then he turned the gun on himself. |
| 0:24.5 | And it was their teenage son who had to call 911. |
| 0:28.7 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J., |
| 0:31.7 | a breaking news episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:34.3 | Robs is sitting out on this one, |
| 0:36.5 | but still wanted to hop on and give you this |
| 0:38.2 | update on a story with some really, really shocking details. And right now, the state of Virginia |
| 0:43.8 | is in shock. A prominent politician in that state who looked to even play possibly in national |
| 0:50.2 | politics at one point. According to police, Justin Fairfax, the former lieutenant governor, |
| 0:55.7 | shot and killed his wife, Serena Fairfax, at their home in Annandale overnight. |
| 1:02.9 | They say, as has happened, their kids were in the house, and it was one of their teen kids |
| 1:10.1 | who had to call 911 to report what happened. Now, according to the house, and it was one of their teen kids who had to call 911 to report what happened. |
| 1:13.8 | Now, according to the authorities, this did happen sometime after midnight or round midnight last |
| 1:19.7 | evening. |
| 1:20.8 | Now, Justin Fairfax, you might necessarily not necessarily recognize that name. |
| 1:26.8 | Even if you saw his picture, you might not |
| 1:28.2 | recognize the face, but there are reasons why you will remember him as connected to Virginia |
| 1:34.6 | politics. I'll explain that in a short in just a moment, but he was only 47 years old, |
| 1:40.5 | and he served as lieutenant governor from 2018 to 22. he did run for governor as well but didn't get |
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