From Virginia State Police: At approximately 10:20 a.m. Tuesday (May 5), a Virginia State Police trooper initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling south on I-81 near the 161 mile marker in Botetourt County. The violation was for speeding. The vehicle pulled over to the shoulder and as the trooper approached the vehicle, the driver displayed a firearm. For his safety, the trooper immediately took cover. Despite state police’s attempts to make contact, the driver, Willa C. Good, 56, of Staunton, Va., was consistently unresponsive. Law enforcement then approached the vehicle, found Good unresponsive, and removed her from the vehicle. She was immediately taken to the ambulance on scene, where medics declared Good deceased. Good’s remains were transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner in Roanoke for examination and autopsy. Preliminary examination indicates Good died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, but the Medical Examiner will make the final determination upon completion of the autopsy. A firearm was recovered from inside the vehicle. The incident remains under investigation by the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Salem Field Office.
From Staunton City Police: On May 5, 2015 at approximately 9:40 a.m. the Staunton Police Department responded to the 200 block of Stonewall Jackson Boulevard for the report of a shooting. The victim, Ralph E. Siron, 57, was treated at the scene and subsequently transported to the University of Virginia Medical Center. A short time later, the suspect Willa C. Good, 56, was located on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Following a stand-off with law enforcement officials there, Ms. Good reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
