The intruder fatally stabbed Spencer’s mother. The singer’s father faced serious injuries before he shot and killed the attacker, Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office (VA) confirmed in a statement.  “Deputies immediately responded to the scene and located a male subject outside the residence that was determined to be the caller and the owner of the home.

This is a highly unusual, apparently completely random [attack] with an individual with no known history of violent behavior of any kind,” Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson