DINWIDDIE, VA— A fight between a father
and son that turned deadly in Dinwiddie
County is linked to the murder of a Chesterfield County mother and daughter, according to
police.
Rev.
Herbert Bland, Sr., 63, was shot and killed during a shooting at his Dinwiddie
home Monday afternoon. The shooting happened at a home in the
20000 block of Harris Drive
in Southerland, shortly after 1:00 p.m. Monday afternoon.
Bland's
23-year-old son, Herbert C. Bland, Jr., was also injured in the shooting.
According
to warrants, Herbert Bland Sr. dialed 911 at 12:57 p.m., and told dispatchers
he believed his son had stolen his handgun and may have used it in a shooting.
When
deputies arrived at the home at 1:17 p.m. to file a report about the stolen gun,
they saw Hebert Bland Jr. stumble out of the home with two guns in his hands.
Court
document also show Herbert Bland Jr. told police he shot his father in the head
and that his father had shot him; three guns were found at the home.
Bland
Jr. was seriously-injured in the shooting and is currently being treated at VCU Medical
Center for a gunshot
wound. He has not been charged in the death of his father, but has been charged
in connection with a double-fatal shooting in Chesterfield County.
Herbert
C. Bland, Jr. has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and the
use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection with a Monday shooting
that left two women dead in Chesterfield
County.
Barbara
Fassett, 65, and her daughter, Elizabeth S. Fassett, 42, were found dead in
their Chesterfield
County home Monday.
A
UPS worker was delivering a package at the River Road home around 5:45 p.m. Monday
evening, when he discovered shattered glass and a body lying in the doorway of
the home, Chesterfield County Police said.
The
UPS worker called police, who then found a second body inside the home, located
in the 5200 block of River Road
near Beverly Street.
Chesterfield
Police said they have reason to believe one of the victims, Elizabeth Fassett, was
Bland's ex-boyfriend, and that the two endured a rocky relationship in the past.
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