Lisa Arquette Bradford (Lisa Elizabeth Bradford)

Lisa Arquette Bradford, born Lisa Elizabeth Bradford, was a Northern Virginia real estate agent known in the Loudoun County community for her warmth and her work helping families find homes in one of the Washington, D.C. area's fastest growing counties. She built her career over nearly two decades, having

graduated from Miami University and has been a licensed real estate agent since 2008

, and had only recently moved her practice to Compass, one of the country's largest residential brokerages, before her death. Colleagues and clients remembered her as a steady, generous presence, and friends who gathered after her death described her as a caring, reliable friend and a devoted parent to her three children.

Bradford lived with her husband, Roger Bradford, and their children in the Willowsford neighborhood of Aldie, in Loudoun County, Virginia, a rapidly growing suburb southwest of Washington. She was the daughter of Robert and Mary Arquette and had two brothers, and by all accounts she was deeply embedded in her local community, both through her real estate work and through her family life.

On September 22, 2026,

the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to the family's home on Quimby Oaks Place shortly after noon Tuesday for a reported shooting

. She was found dead inside the home.

A well-known Northern Virginia real estate agent was found dead in a Loudoun County home, and officials believe Lisa Bradford was killed by her husband, Roger Bradford, in a domestic shooting.

According to investigators,

Roger, 60, allegedly fled their Aldie home in a rental car

after the shooting, and

investigators tracked the vehicle as it traveled north, launching a search that stretched through Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania

. He was ultimately located and taken into custody in Pennsylvania and has been charged with murder in her death.

Investigators have not publicly identified a confirmed motive. A court filing later obtained by reporters quoted Roger Bradford as saying that the prospect of his marriage ending was more than he could bear, and separately referencing fears about violence in the world, though authorities have not confirmed these statements as an official motive and the case remains under investigation.

Her death shook the Loudoun County community, which quickly organized a candlelight vigil in her honor. Mourners described her in moving terms; one attendee said simply that

"We're all just so sad, so shocked, we just wanted to come together and pray for her family."

At a later gathering,

some 100 colleagues, family and friends of homicide victim Lisa Elizabeth Bradford paid tribute to her at a vigil

, remembering her as warm, caring and remarkable. Her parents and two brothers attended the vigils alongside her wider circle of friends and coworkers, united in grief over a life cut short.

As of this writing, funeral and burial arrangements have not been made public, and the criminal case against her husband is ongoing. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.