February 21 – Two people are killed and seven injured in a shooting in Richmond.[5]
March
March 1 – An off-duty Foreign Service officer stabs four women in a road rage incident on the Capital Beltway in Annandale, killing one. He also fatally stabs his pet dog. The assailant is shot and killed by a responding police officer.[6]
April 16 – Former Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax kills his wife Cerina Fairfax and himself in a murder-suicide at their Annandale home.[12]
April 21 – Voters approve a referendum for a new new congressional map that redraws House of Representatives districts to favor Democrats. The proposed amendment is part of a larger series of redistrictings.[13][14]
April 22 – A circuit court judge strikes down the new congressional map.[15]
April 29 – Former FBI Director James Comey appears in federal court after he was charged with threatening the life of the president. The charges are connected to a post he made in May 2025 that included a photo of seashells arranged to spell "8647".[16][17]