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3 University of Virginia football players killed in shooting; student suspect in custody, police say
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3 University of Virginia football players killed in shooting; student suspect in custody, police say
John Bacon, Charles Ventura, Jane Onyanga-Omara and Jorge L. Ortiz
USA TODAY
Nov. 14, 2022
--- Quote ---CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The University of Virginia lifted a campuswide lockdown Monday hours after three students were killed and two injured in a shooting rampage on a charter bus that had returned from a field trip, authorities said.
Killed were D’Sean Perry, Lavel Davis Jr. and Devin Chandler, all of whom played football at the Charlottesville school, university president Jim Ryan said.
"This is a sad, shocking and tragic day for our UVA community," Ryan said at a news briefing Monday, adding that authorities did not have a “full understanding” of the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
The suspected shooter, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., is a former UVA football player, though he didn't appear in any games. He was arrested just before 11 a.m. Monday in Henrico County, about 75 miles southeast of Charlottesville, Henrico Police said in a statement. Ryan said Jones, 22, is a student at the 22,000-student school. ...
Who is shooting suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.?
A photo of Jones tweeted by UVA police also appears on virginiasports.com, where he was listed on the UVA football team roster in 2018. His profile says he was then a 5-foot-9, 195-pound first-year running back from Petersburg, Virginia, who did not appear in any games. It adds that he graduated from Petersburg High School after spending three years at Varina High School, where he was named Student of the Year as a freshman and sophomore, according to the profile.
Jones faces three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun to commit a felony, Longo said. He said Jones had come to the attention of his department in September after someone reported that Jones made a comment about a gun, but no one reported actually seeing a weapon.
Longo also said officials learned about a previous incident outside Charlottesville involving Jones and a weapons violation, but said it wasn't reported to the university as it should have been. ...
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mountaineer:
While the manhunt was still underway, it appeared that most news outlets didn't want us to know what the suspect looked like. But be on the lookout, anyway!
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@EndWokeness
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There is a manhunt right now for a mass shooter in Virginia. Why is Fox the only one posting his picture?
9:25 AM · Nov 14, 2022
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mountaineer:
November 14, 2022 2:12pm EST
University of Virginia alleged shooter Christopher Darnell Jones faced hazing probe as football player
Charlottesville shooting left three UVA football players dead after returning from class field trip a prior criminal incident involving a concealed weapon violation
By Danielle Wallace | Fox News
--- Quote ---The former University of Virginia football player accused of shooting five of his former teammates, including three fatally, on a charter bus after returning from a class field trip Sunday night faced a prior hazing investigation, but the matter had been closed, according to UVA campus police.
Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr. – apprehended off-campus following a 12-hour manhunt and exhaustive, building-by-building search of the UVA grounds – also was facing a pending disciplinary matter after failing to report a prior February 2021 criminal matter involved a concealed weapon violation that occurred outside of Charlottesville as required of all students attending the D1 university. ...
The White House said it was monitoring the situation and in close contact with state and local officials.
"Too many families across America are bearing the awful burden of gun violence. Earlier this year, President Biden signed the most significant gun safety law in nearly three decades, in addition to taking other historic actions," the White House said in a statement. "But we must do more. We need to enact an assault weapons ban to get weapons of war off America’s streets. House Democrats acted, and the Senate should follow." ...
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FOX
Whew! The White House is monitoring the situation!!
Polly Ticks:
Tragic. Prayers up for their families.
Hoodat:
--- Quote from: mountaineer on November 14, 2022, 08:28:28 pm ---Whew! The White House is monitoring the situation!!
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The White House is monitoring how they can score political points out of this.
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