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Bright future, a future that was taken away by mental illness. early in the morning on november 19th, police received a 911 call, news of a violent attack in bath county, virginia. the victim, virginia state senator creigh deeds. deeds was stabbed repeatedly around his head and torso with multiple slashes across his face. the attack happened on deeds s property, just outside his home. the assault alone was shocking enough, but the identity of the attacker was beyond comprehension. it was deeds s son, gus, who turned a gun on himself after the attack. senator deeds s son, gus deeds, age 24, also of millborough, was found inside the residence suffering from life-threatening injuries associated with a gunshot wound. despite efforts by troopers and first responders there at the residence, he died at the scene. senator deeds was found by a cousin on the highway in front of his home, critically injured, ....
Loved and a young man with a bright future, a future taken away by mental illness. early in the morning on november 19th police received a 911 call about a violent attack on state senator criegh deeds. he was stabbed around his head and torso with multiple slashes across his face. the attack happened on deeds property just outside his home. the assault was shocking enough but the identity of the attacker was beyond comprehension. it was deeds son, gus, who turned a gun on himself after the attack. senator deeds son, gus deeds, age 24, was found inside the residence suffering from life threatening injuries associated with a gunshot wound. despite efforts a it the residence he died at the scene. senator deeds was found by a cousin on the highway in front ....
Deep in shock and unaware that his son was dead. with that, we keep working, we keep fighting. reporter: deeds is a well-known democratic politician in virginia. in 2009, he launched a campaign for governor with his son, gus, on the campaign trail with him. the two were close, gus the only boy in the family. they lived a seemingly normal, happy life, but at some point in his early 20s, gus began to change. his parents feared he was bipolar, maybe even schizophrenic. a month before the attack, gus dropped out of college. on november 18th of last year, creigh deeds took his son to the local hospital for a mental health evaluation. a magistrate had issued an emergency custody order, which meant they found gus to be homicidal, suicidal or unable to care for himself, but the hospital had no psychiatric beds available for gus and released him. under virginia state law, six hours is the maximum time a person can be held in emergency ....
Night on 60 minutes, but tonight we go in-depth in a way he s never spoken about before. people have been so kind to me. they reach out, and you know, they don t understand sometimes that i just, i ve got to be left alone, because i ve got to focus on the good things. you know, these pictures and the facebook page set up for gus, there s so many good pictures, there s so many good memories, and that s what i have to focus on, you know. i m determined that gus not be remembered just for his illness or what ended his life. i mean, that s nothing. he was such a good boy, a good man. he had a good heart. he loved people. gus was senator deeds s only son, loved deeply by a father who did everything he could to try to get him the help that he so desperately needed, but this man, a senator, no less, could not get that help. the system, he says, failed his son, and he s speaking out tonight because he wants you to know about the boy he loved, about the young man with a ....
Dozens of people killed after an oil pipeline exploded in china. this happened in the eastern part of the country in a city that is a major oil hub. now, explosion blasted a big hole in the road above it and an ignited a fire that took hours to bring under control. thities say at least 35 people were killed. and government officials say a leak in the pipeline triggered the blast. an update too on that state senator who was stabbed earlier this week. creigh deeds has now been released from the hospital in charlottesville, virginia, on tuesday you might remember his son gus stabbed him more than ten times in the head and neck before committing suicide. shooting himself. right, pel well, this is such a tragic story. gus deeds, the son was reportedly supposed to get an emergency mental health evaluation the day before the stabbing but was turned away ....