The teenage son of former Democrat Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax called the police after his father allegedly killed his mother before committing suicide, according to disturbing dispatcher audio.
Audio obtained by TMZ revealed that 16-year-old Cameron Fairfax called police shortly after midnight on Thursday to report that he believed his father had stabbed his mother. Police later said that Fairfax shot his wife, Cerina, before committing suicide.
“Caller stating that his dad might have stabbed his mom and that she’s lying on the ground bleeding, can see holes in her shirt. Unknown where his father is now,” a female dispatcher said in the audio. Shortly after, a responding officer says, “I don’t have a pulse.”
Later in the audio, an officer can be heard saying that he was downstairs with the son and that Fairfax had not been located yet. Police said that both of the couple’s children were in the Annandale, Virginia, home at the time of the killing.
“I haven’t cleared the scene yet, I have the son with me downstairs. Units on scene to clear the house, husband’s car is still in the driveway,” an officer can be heard saying.
A search was briefly initiated before Justin Fairfax’s body was found. He was described by an officer as “a black male, 5-foot-10, clean-shaven with short hair.”
Shortly after that search was launched, an officer found Justin Fairfax dead in a room from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“We got another subject down in the bedroom upstairs, I think this is gonna be our subject. He’s got a firearm with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head,” an officer said.
Officials said they believed the incident was linked to a “messy” divorce the couple was going through at the time. Court documents reported on by The New York Post allege that Fairfax was drunk who would lock himself in a room with “empty wine bottles, trash and piles of dirty laundry” and would only leave to “get food or smoke cigarettes.”
Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said Thursday morning that the department’s top priority was the condition of the couple’s children.
“They are interacting with us, and certainly the son was the one who called 911 during a very chaotic situation,” Davis said. “I can only imagine.”
The incident comes just a few months after police said that Fairfax falsely claimed that he was assaulted by his wife and officers were called to the home. That claim was not true, police said, adding that Cerina had installed cameras throughout the house.
Justin Fairfax served as Virginia’s lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022 and faced sexual assault allegations in 2019 shortly after images surfaced of then-Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam wearing blackface. He later ran unsuccessfully for governor.
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