Update: 8 killed in Virginia

The victims include the suspect's sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew. (Not sure how he's related to the other four.) Police say they had to detonate seven explosive devices found around the home. And during the search for the suspect, a police helicopter was hit by a high-powered rifle and had to land.

Authorities aren't talking about a motive yet, but the Richmond Times-Dispatch quotes sources saying that it might have started as a fight over property.

The property may have been a source of turmoil for Speight, who told at least one person he thought his sister and her family were trying to get him to leave.

David Anderson, who runs a store in Lynchburg where Speight worked security, said Speight’s sister and her family moved in with him from Marietta, Ga., last spring.

Speight’s brother-in-law had promised to build another house on the property where Speight could live, and Speight had trees cleared to make a spot for it. “But it never got built,“ Anderson said.

Henry C. Devening, a Lynchburg lawyer who was handling the eventual transfer of the property to Speight, said the effort “was meant to give Chris a hand up. His sister and his family wanted to see that he was cared for.“ Speight had fought learning disabilities for many years, Devening said.

Devening said he met last week with Speight’s sister and her young son and had created documents that would transfer the Appomattox property to Speight as sole owner.

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