Man Fires On Wife, Mother-In-Law Before Shooting Himself

"ALDIE, VA — The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating what led to a domestic murder/suicide in a Kirkpatrick Farms townhouse late last night.

"Deputies responded to the 41700 block of Eloquence Terrace in the Aldie community of Kirkpatrick Farms around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night for report of a gunfire inside a home. Members of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Rapid Response Unit entered the townhouse and discovered two adults dead inside the residence from what appears to be a murder/suicide. A third adult was injured and has been transported to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

"According to the sheriff's office, the preliminary investigation shows that during an altercation, a man fired several rounds from a weapon at his wife and mother-in-law. He then took his own life.

"Reports indicate the deceased were husband and wife and the injured person was the wife's mother.

"Two children, aged 16 and 12, who were inside the home at the time of the shooting were not involved and escaped the house unharmed.

"The names of the victims are being withheld by the sheriff's office `out of respect for family and next of kin.` The investigation remains ongoing."

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