Overview
- Authorities identified the victim as Michael Dodge II, 35, of Caroline County, who was working at the property for a mortgage company.
- A coworker reported hearing gunfire over the phone and losing contact, prompting the response to the 600 block of Mountain View Road.
- Deputies found Dodge shot multiple times and unresponsive in a driveway, then secured the area before engaging a person inside the home.
- After a brief standoff, deputies arrested Donald Thomas, 64, of Stafford, on charges of first-degree murder and unlawfully shooting or wounding in the commission of a felony.
- Thomas is being held at Rappahannock Regional Jail without bond as investigators continue to assess what led to the shooting.