A special grand jury in Charlottesville has upgrade murder charges against the man the man accused of shooting and killing three University of Virginia football players last year.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Authorities have upgraded murder charges against the man accused of fatally shooting three University of Virginia football players last year.
A special grand jury in Charlottesville issued the new aggravated murder indictments against Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. If convicted, the 23-year-old would serve a mandatory life sentence. They are the most serious murder charges available in Virginia after it abolished the death penalty in 2021. Jones was a UVA student in November 2022 and a former member of the football team when police say he opened fire on a charter bus that had brought back students from a field trip.Football players Lavel Davis Jr., D'Sean Perry and Devin Chandler were killed, while a fourth member of the team,Jones had initially been charged with second-degree murder after his arrest.
Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney James Hingeley said in a news release that the new indictments were returned Wednesday. A public defender appointed to represent Jones did not immediately return an email seeking comment Friday.
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