HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A former Henrico County police officer accused of killing his wife and stepdaughter faces new criminal charges.
Richard Crowderwas indicted by a multijurisdictional grand jury on July 27th, according to court documents obtained by CBS 6.
He is now charged with a total of eight crimes, including two counts of aggravated murder, and two counts of attempting to kill a law enforcement officer.
Crowder, 60, was arrested July 2, after a nine-hour-long standoff with police at his home in the 7600 block of Phillips Wood Drive in eastern Henrico.
Prior to being taken into custody, investigators say that Crowder fired shots at two officers. One police vehicle was struck by a bullet.
Inside the residence, police found the bodies of Diane Crowder, 53, and Carrie Szaksz, 35. Both had been shot to death.
Diane Crowder was in the process of moving out of the home, and movers who were inside the house told investigators that they had been warned that Richard Crowder was “drunk and agitated,” according to court documents. Those men also told investigators they fled the house after hearing gunshots.
After his arrest, Crowder was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, and the case was being heard in Henrico Juvenile and Domestic Court. But as a result of the indictment, the proceedings have been moved to Circuit Court.
Crowder served in the Henrico Police Department from 1986 to 2014.
He is due back in court Aug. 18.
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