VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach police are investigating a domestic incident on the morning of July 18 that left one man dead and a woman in the hospital fighting for her life.
Police were called around 5:36 a.m. that Saturday to a domestic situation in the 2700 block of Alameda Drive.
Police said a 50-year-old man, Richard Blair Trumble, was found dead inside the home.
He was an employee of Virginia Beach Public Schools, who worked as an assistant principal at Frank W. Cox High School. In October, he would have worked for the school system for 25 years.
Officers also found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to the hospital with injuries considered life-threatening. By Tuesday, police said the woman was still recovering.
Virginia Beach police are not searching for any other suspects.
The case remains under investigation by the department’s Homicide Unit.