The suspect of the shooting on the Charlottesville campus is now in custody.
Three people were killed and two were injured last night at the University of Virginia. The suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, is now in custody. News of the arrest came during a scheduled press conference this morning, when Chief of Police Timothy Longo received word just after 11 a.m.
Devin Chandler of Virginia Beach; Lavel Davis of Dorchester, South Carolina; and D’Sean Perry of Miami were killed. All of the victims were UVA football players. Chandler and Perry died on the bus, and Davis was transported to the University of Virginia medical center, where he died. Ryan identified the suspect as a 22-year-old UVA student who was formerly a member of the UVA football team, but has not been a team member for the past year. Jones is listed as a running back on the Virginia football team in 2018 on the UVA Sports website, but he did not appear in any games. He attended Varina High School in Henrico, Virginia, for three years and Petersburg High School in Petersburg, Virginia, for one year.
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