Authorities say Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. - the gunman suspected of opening fire inside a bus full of University of Virginia students returning from a field trip Monday night, killing three and leaving two others injured – is in police custody. FOX13
The shooting triggered a massive manhunt and paralyzed the school community overnight as police conducted a building-by-building and grounds search of the campus and put a shelter in place order in effect,
At a press conference Monday morning, University President Jim Ryan said Jones Jr. opened fire on his fellow students in a charter bus as they returned from seeing a play in Washington, D.C. for a class field trip. Ryan identified the three students shot and killed as Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler, and D'Sean Perry. All three were members of the UVA football team. Two other students were wounded and were taken to the UVA Medical Center.
Longo said that Jones Jr. was required by the University to report the incident but never did. That matter is still pending. Police say a manhunt in underway in Charlottesville for Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. - a student and former football player who they say is suspected of a shooting at the University of Virginia that left three dead and two others injured.Jones Jr. is a former UVA football player and a current student.
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