Virginia state Sen. Deeds wounded in home; son found fatally shot inside The younger Deeds, who had withdrawn last month as a student at the College of William and Mary, underwent a mental health evaluation on Monday at a local hospital performed under an emergency custody order, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. But the son was released from Bath County Community Hospital because no psychiatric beds were available across a wide area of western Virginia, the paper reported. "This was preventable," said Sen. Richard Saslaw (D-Fairfax), adding that a "breakdown in the mental health system" led to a lack of beds and prevented medical authorities from holding the younger Deeds. The elder Deeds was listed in fair condition Tuesday afternoon at the University of Virginia Health System Hospital.. During news conferences, Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said Bath County sheriff's deputies and state police were called to the senator's home on Vineyard Drive in the Millboro community around 7:25 a.m. She said the father and son, who lived at the home, had an "altercation," but did not elaborate. Deeds" wife Siobhan Deeds was not at the home at the time of the fight, police said. Police found Gus Deeds suffering from a gunshot wound and the senator stabbed several times in the head and upper torso, said Geller. Geller declined to say whether Creigh Deeds was in the home at the time of the shooting. After he was stabbed, the senator walked down the hill of his residence to a nearby highway, where he was spotted and picked up by a cousin, police said. The two drove to the cousin's house, where a 911 call was made, police said. Deeds, who has been alert enough to talk with investigators, was later flown to the hospital, Geller said. Back at the senator's home, Gus Deeds could not be revived and died at the scene, police said. Geller said authorities have recovered a firearm. Dennis Cropper, the executive Director of the Rockbridge County Community Services Board, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch that Gus Deeds on Monday had undergone a mental health evaluation performed under an emergency custody order. Cropper told the paper that the younger Deeds was released from Bath County Community Hospital because no psychiatric beds were available across a wide area of western Virginia. In a statement, the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg said Gus Deeds had been enrolled as a student there since 2007 and withdrew last month. Geller said it was not immediately clear whether Gus Deeds lived at his father's home. It was only known that he lived in Millboro, she said. Creigh Deeds, 55, is best-known for his unsuccessful bid for governor in 2009. He bested two Democratic rivals - Brian Moran and Terry McAuliffe - to win the party nomination, but went on to lose the general election to Robert McDonnell by a 17-point margin.