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Updated: Two Dead in McLaws Place Apparent Murder-Suicide

Capt. Mike Harvey said his office is not seeking suspects in the shooting.

 

Update 5:17 p.m.: Capt. Harvey said in a phone call to Patch that the shooting in the 8300 block of S. McLaws Place in Spotsylvania is being investigated as a murder-suicide. 

Harvey said that the department received a 911 call at 1:19 p.m. Monday for shots fired. "When deputies arrived on scene they found a male and female deceased in the driveway," said Harvey. The male and female were son and mother, Harvey said. 

Identities of the deceased have not been released as deputies are still working to identify next of kin, Harvey said.

Harvey said the deceased 43-year-old man is the suspect in this case. 

A third victim, daughter of the female victim, was found at a next door neighbor's house with gunshot wounds to her arm and abdomen, Harvey told Patch. 

Update, 3:35 p.m.: Harvey said two persons were shot and killed on McLaws Drive and a third is being treated for gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital.

Original Post: 

The Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office is working a shooting in which three people were shot on McLaws Drive on Monday afternoon.

The department's Capt. Mike Harvey said in an email at 2:58 p.m. the Sheriff's Office is not seeking suspects in the shooting. 

Information on the status of the victims is not yet available.

Patch will update as more information becomes available. 

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Kimberly Anne Beery-Stone

3:36 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012

Just wondering why they are not seeking suspects?

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Karen R

6:06 pm on Monday, September 17, 2012

Usually that means murder suicide or they are not seeking a suspect because one of the victims did it.

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veronique montagna

7:37 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012

i live nearby and was eating lunch with my family...i heard the guns shots and assumed it was a hunter...i am devestated to know this happened so close to home, so sad!

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