Man charged in Virginia double murder found in NJ

✅ Medford police notified cops in Virginia about a possible shooting

✅ Man demanded to see his estranged wife at a Medford home

✅ Two people were found shot to death inside Singh's Virginia home

MEDFORD — A man charged in a double murder in Virginia was found outside a New Jersey house looking for his estranged wife, according to authorities.

Prince William County police said they went to the Manassas, Virginia home of Amandeep Singh, 49, on Sunday after being notified by Medford police that he had been seen outside a home on Kelly Drive, pointing a gun and threatening the homeowner.

Officers found Singh's door unlocked and a couple who were renting an apartment in his basement shot to death.

The victims were identified as Joshua Lee Davis, 45, and Nicole Wanda Lynn Davis, 45.

Members of Singh's family who live at the home, told investigators he had an argument with two family members and held them against their will in a bedroom, police said. The incident was not reported to police and they left the house.

The family members said Singh also struck a third family member and choked a fourth.

Police said Singh shot the Davises, and then drove to New Jersey.

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Found with guns in Evesham, police say

Singh first went to a Medford home in search of his estranged wife, according to Medford police.

Police said they later found Singh sitting in a car in neighboring Evesham with several guns and high-capacity magazines. He was arrested.

Singh was charged by Prince William County police with two counts of murder, four counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, two counts of abduction, one count of strangulation, one count of domestic assault and battery, and two counts of discharging a firearm within an occupied dwelling.

He is being held in New Jersey pending extradition to Virginia.

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