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A former University of Virginia student pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the campus in 2022., 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.Prosecutors read a summary in court Wednesday of what they allege happened the day of the shooting, including chilling details not publicly released before.
Authorities said Jones opened fire aboard a charter bus as he and other students arrived back on campus after seeing a play and having dinner together in Washington, D.C.University of Virginia head football coach Tony Elliott speaks at a memorial service for Lavel Davis Jr., DâSean Perry, and Devin Chandler, Nov. 19, 2022, in Charlottesville, Va.The shooting erupted near a parking garage and prompted a 12-hour lockdown of the Charlottesville campus until the suspect was captured.
Football players Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry, and Devin Chandler were killed, while a fourth team member, Mike Hollins, and another student, Marlee Morgan, were wounded. The university’s president, Jim Ryan, said Jones’ guilty plea represents “another step in a lengthy and painful journey for the families of the victims and for our community.”Jones’ time on the team did not overlap with the players he shot, according to the draft copy of the prosecutors’ summary.
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