Christopher Bryan Speight, 39, was wearing a bulletproof vest but had no weapons when he turned himself in to police around 7:10 a.m., Sheriff O. Wilson Staples said. Authorities say he fired at a state police helicopter, rupturing its gas tank and forcing it to land, but no one on board was hurt. Police still have not revealed a motive or identified the victims.
Police were concerned that Speight might have rigged the house with explosives, and state police Sgt. Thomas Molnar said bomb-sniffing dogs found a "multitude of devices inside and outside the house." Bomb technicians were exploding the devices, a process expected to continue into Thursday.
Speight, who was jailed while awaiting charges, co-owned and lived in the home where some of the bodies were found.
"This is a horrific tragedy," said state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller. "It's definitely one of the worst mass killings in Virginia, probably since the Virginia Tech tragedy."
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