A domestic shooting in Afton, Virginia, ended with two deaths and an officer wounded. On Sunday, August 12, 2018, 29-year-old Alexia S. Lockett was found fatally shot inside her home on Avon Road in Nelson County. She had been shot shortly before 11 a.m. while getting ready for work, having just stepped out of the shower. The Virginia State Police identified the shooter as her 40-year-old cousin, Anthony M. Hutchinson of Waynesboro. The motive for the killing was not immediately clear to Lockett’s family.

After the shooting, Hutchinson fled the scene in a vehicle. An Amherst County deputy attempted a traffic stop; Hutchinson refused, led officers on a pursuit, and crashed. As deputies approached the wreck, Hutchinson shot and struck one deputy. Deputies returned fire, killing Hutchinson at the scene. The injured deputy’s wounds were not considered life-threatening. Three deputies who fired were placed on administrative leave while the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation examined both the homicide of Alexia Lockett and the subsequent officer-involved shooting that killed Hutchinson.

If anyone knew Alexia or has information about events that led to her death, please share what is known.