A woman and man are dead after a stabbing and shooting Friday inside a home in the Herndon area of Fairfax County, Virginia, police say.
A husband called 911 about 8 a.m. and said a man had come in their house on Stable Brook Way and stabbed his wife, Christine Banfield, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said. The husband then said he shot and killed the man, identified as Joseph Ryan, Davis said.
Banfield was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. She died a short time later.
At the time of the stabbing and shooting, Banfield was at the home with her husband, their 4-year-old daughter and their nanny. The daughter and the nanny were not hurt.
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Officers took the husband and the nanny into custody, and said they are not facing any charges at this time. Police have not identified them.
Davis said the husband was not talking to detectives.
He did not say if anyone in the home knew Joseph Ryan, and said police are still working to corroborate what the husband and the nanny have told them.
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Officers are not looking for any suspects. Police have retrieved a gun and knife they believe were used in the crime.
Stay with News4 for more on this developing story.
