The mother of an up-and-coming country singer was killed in a brutal home invasion stabbing before her injured husband shot the attacker dead, according to Virginia authorities. The attack happened just after midnight on Sunday,

The incident was "highly unusual" and "apparently completely random," Rockingham County Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson said in a video statement alongside Hatcher’s son, country music artist Spencer Hatcher, and Michael Hatcher, per WTVR.