WASHINGTON — The teenage son of Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., died Saturday of an apparent suicide at the family's home in Virginia, a spokesman for the congressman said.
Luke Tiahrt, 16, the youngest of three children, would have been a junior this fall at W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Va. The circumstances of his death were not disclosed.
"He started on the varsity football team as a sophomore. He was active on the lacrosse team, and very well liked," said Chuck Knapp, communications director for Rep. Tiahrt, who entered Congress in 1995. "This comes as a complete shock."