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Suspect in custody in University of Virginia shooting that left 3 members of football team dead, officials say
NBC ^ | November 14, 2022 | By Marlene Lenthang, Dennis Romero and Chantal Da Silva

Posted on 11/14/2022 8:26:33 AM PST by Red Badger

Suspect Christopher Darnell Jones, was considered "armed and dangerous," in connection with the deadly shooting and was taken into custody Monday.

The student suspected in a shooting at the University of Virginia that left three members of the football team dead and two others injured is in custody, officials announced Monday.

The University of Virginia Police Department identified as Christopher Darnell Jones as the suspect in the shooting.

In the middle of a press briefing at 11 a.m., UVA Chief of Police Timothy Longo announced he was taken into custody.

He said that the police department secured an arrest warrant charging him with three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony.

Students were issued warnings earlier to “RUN HIDE FIGHT" and shelter in place as authorities searched for the suspect, whom the University of Virginia Police Department identified as Christopher Darnell Jones.

Gunfire was initially reported at a parking garage on Culbreth Road, near the school's drama building, around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, the University of Virginia Office of Emergency Management said in a tweet.

University President Jim Ryan said in a press conference Monday morning that the shooting unfolded on a school bus full of students returning from a field trip.

Ryan identified the victims as D’Sean Perry, a junior of Miami; Devin Chandler, a second-year student from Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Lavel Davis Jr, a third-year student from South Carolina.

The identities of two injured victims hospitalized were not shared. One is in good condition and one is in critical condition, Ryan said.

Authorities said they were looking for Jones in connection with the deadly shooting. Ryan described the suspect as "one of our students" in his message.

Ryan said in an email to students: “I am heartbroken to report that the shooting has resulted in three fatalities.”

“This is a message any leader hopes never to have to send, and I am devastated that this violence has visited the University of Virginia,” he said. He said classes would be canceled for Monday, with only designated essential employees expected to report to work.

"Call 911 if seen, do not approach," the University of Virginia Police Department warned in a tweet, sharing a photo of Jones.

The same photo appears on a profile for Jones in a 2018 football roster shared on the official website of the Virginia Cavaliers. The profile says he did not appear in any games that year.

He did not appear on the Cavalier's roster in any following season.

The suspect was last seen wearing a burgundy jacket, blue jeans and red shoes, the university's emergency management office said, adding that he could be driving a black SUV.

His mother, who is identified in public records as Margo Ellis, told NBC News in a phone call Monday that her son has lived with his grandmother since he was 16 and that she didn’t know of his whereabouts or what might have contributed to the shooting.

Lavel Davis Jr, 20, was a wide-receiver on the Virginia Cavaliers’ current roster.

Davis was set to graduate in December and was the beloved first child, and a "role model" to his younger brother and younger sister, his father, Thaddeus Lavel Davis, told NBC News.

Thaddeus Davis said he's "heartbroken."

“I lost my baby. This is my firstborn child,” he said. He said Davis could “light up a room just with a smile” and that his son was focused on school, football and his family.

Their family, from Charleston, South Carolina, is headed to the UVA campus Monday.

Thaddeus said he learned the news of his son's death Monday morning after receiving a call from his wife while he was at work, but didn't know exactly what transpired in the shooting.

He said he last talked to his son Saturday and he wished he could’ve told him one last time, “I love you son.”

A search was conducted on and around the campus grounds early Monday, the university’s emergency management office said, involving multiple agencies, including a Virginia State Police helicopter.

The shelter in place order was lifted around 10:30 a.m. “a thorough search on and around” the campus grounds, but a large police presence remains on campus.

The office warned that the suspect was still considered "armed and dangerous," as it repeated calls for residents to shelter in place as the manhunt took place.

"We have all received several shelter in place texts, and they are frightening," Robyn S. Hadley, vice president and the dean of students at the University of Virginia, said in an email sent out to students. "I am on Grounds like many of you; I am sheltering in place and in direct touch with University leadership and UPD."

"Please, please take the shelter in place commands seriously as the situation remains active," she wrote.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said early Monday it was assisting in the investigation.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in a statement Monday that he and his wife are “praying for the UVA community.”

“Virginia State Police is fully coordinating with UVA police department and local authorities. Please shelter in place while the authorities work to locate the suspect,” he said.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.


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1 posted on 11/14/2022 8:26:33 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
The UVA Police Department is looking for Christopher Darnell Jones regarding the shooting incident that occurred on the grounds of the University of Virginia. Call 911 if seen, do not approach.
2 posted on 11/14/2022 8:27:14 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Memory holed in 3, 2, 1.


3 posted on 11/14/2022 8:28:54 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: Red Badger

Drugs are bad, m’kay.


4 posted on 11/14/2022 8:30:36 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Red Badger

How much do you want to bet this is drug dealer related?


5 posted on 11/14/2022 8:34:26 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: DarthVader

‘Roid rage?.............................


6 posted on 11/14/2022 8:34:54 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Obviously Christopher Darnell Jones needs his Halo more easily recognized.


7 posted on 11/14/2022 8:35:06 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Red Badger

Nothing to see here. It’s just more black on black crime. Move along.


8 posted on 11/14/2022 8:36:00 AM PST by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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Obviously, a White supremacist.

Wonder what triggered it? Will they ever tell us?


9 posted on 11/14/2022 8:37:28 AM PST by rbg81
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To: Red Badger

No like in dealing them illegally.


10 posted on 11/14/2022 8:37:44 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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Nothing to see here. It’s just more black on black crime. Move along.

Yep.

And with that, this story vanishes.

11 posted on 11/14/2022 8:38:14 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: Red Badger

Blacks murdered senselessly in da ‘hood. Blacks being murdered senselessly at college. I wonder what the connection is.


12 posted on 11/14/2022 8:44:12 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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Do I have to look?

Oh, darn, I looked.

All I can say is... if you allow savages into your school (church/neighborhood/life/country), expect savagery. Change ‘savages’ to ‘angels,’ expect joy.

Capice?


13 posted on 11/14/2022 8:45:00 AM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Red Badger

Isn’t UVA a gun free zone?


14 posted on 11/14/2022 8:45:46 AM PST by Nifty
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Yep, that’s why this will disappear overnight, and ONE other reason as well...........................


15 posted on 11/14/2022 8:46:47 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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One Black shooter, 3 Black victims — it’s the guns fault

One Black shooter, 3 White victims — you’ll never hear about it.

One White shooter, 3 White victims — you’ll never hear about it.

One White shooter, 3 Black victims — it’s White supremacy


16 posted on 11/14/2022 8:47:02 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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He was “just starting to turn his life around” i bet.


17 posted on 11/14/2022 8:47:21 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare its ? And the ambassador to Ukraineelf)
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To: Red Badger

“My son is a college boy” explained his mother...

;-)


18 posted on 11/14/2022 8:47:28 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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The same photo appears on a profile for Jones in a 2018 football roster shared on the official website of the Virginia Cavaliers.

That was prior to his transfer to Wakanda Tech.

19 posted on 11/14/2022 8:52:43 AM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: bigdaddy45

That is a really good summation.....thanks..


20 posted on 11/14/2022 8:55:28 AM PST by Mopp4 ("It is a cruel world, Herr Hauptman. You said it yourself.")
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