Virginia inspector general investigates why Deeds's son was released before attack Austin Deeds, who was 24, had undergone a psychiatric evaluation Monday, and officials initially said the reason he was not admitted to a hospital was that no bed was available. But multiple nearby hospitals later confirmed that they had available space but were never contacted. Deeds, the 2009 Democratic nominee for Virginia governor, on Wednesday was upgraded to good condition at a Charlottesville hospital, where he was airlifted the previous day after an altercation outside the Deeds home in rural Bath County. Deeds, 55, was stabbed repeatedly in the face and chest, and his son was found dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. "We're going to investigate the circumstances that led up to Austin Deeds's release at the expiration of the emergency custody order," said G. Douglas Bevelacqua of the Office of the Inspector General. The scrutiny comes six years after a gunman killed 32 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself. The massacre prompted a wholesale evaluation and revamping of the state's mental health system, including millions of dollars in new funding. Bill Hazel, Virginia's secretary of health and human resources, promised to push for changes if further deficiencies are discovered. McDonnell, his boss, told The Washington Post that Hazel would review the chain of events that led to the tragedy and that he would propose any necessary fixes in the coming state budget. "I've still got two more weeks before I've got to submit the budget, and if there are glaring problems I can address those," McDonnell said in an interview at the Republican Governors Association conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. "What we need to do now is to see why there was a breakdown" in communication. Call to sheriff's office The Virginia State Police offered new details Wednesday on the attack. Police said the altercation took place outside the Deeds home. They also disclosed that the sheriff's office had been called to the home Monday for "a non-emergency call for assistance," but they would not detail the purpose of the call or confirm that it was to transport Austin Deeds to his psychiatric evaluation. There were no other records of 911 or non-emergency calls to the residence before that, police said. In addition, an autopsy by the Office of the Medical Examiner in Roanoke confirmed that the gunshot wound was self-inflicted and fired from a rifle. Mira Signer, executive director of the Virginia chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, said Wednesday it was crucial that officials "figure out where things fell apart" in a system that is often difficult for families to navigate. "Generally our feeling is that if a family with resources and know-how has difficulty accessing and navigating the mental-health system, it speaks volumes about what happens to people who don't have resources," she said.