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VA - University of Virginia shooting, 3 dead, killer suspected to be student, Charlottesville, 13 Nov 2022 *arrest*
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Christopher Darnell Jones has been a student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia during his entire college career, I believe. I don't think he ever attended Virginia State University.These accomplishments suggest a person with life options beyond staring on the high school football team and playing on a college football team.
Then factor in that Jones evidently made only a brief, one season appearance football wise at Virginia State in 2018. Four years is a lifetime to young people and would seem to be plenty of time for football rivalries to wash "under the bridge".
These articles, however, show a slightly darker picture- but no red flags of a shooting rampage when combined with the aspects above:
November 14, 2022 UVA shooting news
The University of Virginia student suspected of fatally shooting three people Sunday at the school's main campus in Charlottesville, is in custody officials said. Follow here for the latest.www.cnn.com
Jones was evidently investigated for a hazing incident (dropped after the witness failed to cooperate) and one concealed weapon charge. Likewise, he was apparently administratively investigated following a comment he made about "owning a gun" (legal in Virginia, but perhaps not on campus).
UVA footballer accused of shooting dead 3 teammates known to police
Christopher Darnell Jones, 22, was known to police as early as this September after details of a hazing incident came to light. It was that investigation which revealed him to have a criminal record.
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Sounds like he maybe had a vendetta, but why? Against the actual people he shot or just the group itself? This is so senseless!UVA footballer accused of shooting dead 3 teammates known to police
Christopher Darnell Jones, 22, was known to police as early as this September after details of a hazing incident came to light. It was that investigation which revealed him to have a criminal record.www.dailymail.co.uk
Someone mentioned that he may have been the one hazed? I don't know if that's true, but if it is, maybe he was so traumatized by it that he wanted to get revenge? MOO.
Makes no sense to me - or to any of us I’m sure. Hopefully something can come out of this so it doesn’t happen again!
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NYT reporting that the suspect was on the radar of UVA administration:
“As tributes to the victims poured in from around the country, questions proliferated about the fellow student accused of killing them: Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a former football player who two months earlier had come to the attention of a university task force formed to identify and respond to threatening behavior by students.
Brian Coy, a university spokesman, said that on Sept. 15, amid an investigation into some hazing incidents on campus, officials with the university’s department of student affairs “heard from a student that Mr. Jones made a comment to him about possessing a gun” — a remark, Mr. Coy added, that was not made in conjunction with a threat. No one whom officials spoke with, including Mr. Jones’s roommate, said they had seen him with a gun, Mr. Coy said.
But in the course of the investigation, officials discovered that Mr. Jones had been convicted of a misdemeanor concealed weapons violation in 2021, for which he received a 12-month suspended sentence and had to pay a $100 fine.
It was one of several misdemeanor charges that Mr. Jones had been charged with over the past few years, according to court records. He was obligated by campus policy to report the concealed weapons conviction to the university, but did not. When university officials tried to question him about it, Mr. Jones refused to cooperate, Mr. Coy said, and the task force, called a threat assessment team, “escalated his case for disciplinary action” before a student judiciary body on Oct. 27. The authorities said the matter was pending.”
Victims were all on a bus full of students returning from a drama class field trip to DC where they had just seen a play.
“The shooting happened shortly after 10 p.m. on Sunday night, the police said, as a bus pulled into a university parking garage at the end of a school field trip to Washington. According to Michael Hollins Sr., whose son, Michael Hollins Jr., was injured in the attack, the students on the trip were in a drama class that had gone to see a play.”
www.nytimes.com
“As tributes to the victims poured in from around the country, questions proliferated about the fellow student accused of killing them: Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a former football player who two months earlier had come to the attention of a university task force formed to identify and respond to threatening behavior by students.
Brian Coy, a university spokesman, said that on Sept. 15, amid an investigation into some hazing incidents on campus, officials with the university’s department of student affairs “heard from a student that Mr. Jones made a comment to him about possessing a gun” — a remark, Mr. Coy added, that was not made in conjunction with a threat. No one whom officials spoke with, including Mr. Jones’s roommate, said they had seen him with a gun, Mr. Coy said.
But in the course of the investigation, officials discovered that Mr. Jones had been convicted of a misdemeanor concealed weapons violation in 2021, for which he received a 12-month suspended sentence and had to pay a $100 fine.
It was one of several misdemeanor charges that Mr. Jones had been charged with over the past few years, according to court records. He was obligated by campus policy to report the concealed weapons conviction to the university, but did not. When university officials tried to question him about it, Mr. Jones refused to cooperate, Mr. Coy said, and the task force, called a threat assessment team, “escalated his case for disciplinary action” before a student judiciary body on Oct. 27. The authorities said the matter was pending.”
Victims were all on a bus full of students returning from a drama class field trip to DC where they had just seen a play.
“The shooting happened shortly after 10 p.m. on Sunday night, the police said, as a bus pulled into a university parking garage at the end of a school field trip to Washington. According to Michael Hollins Sr., whose son, Michael Hollins Jr., was injured in the attack, the students on the trip were in a drama class that had gone to see a play.”
Gunman Charged With Killing Three Fellow Students at the University of Virginia (Published 2022)
The victims, all members of the football team, were remembered by classmates, coaches and teachers as affable students and dedicated activists.
. These poor young men and their families. I cannot even imagine.
The University of Virginia grapples with the killing of 3 football players as details of alleged shooter emerge
A torrent of grief has enveloped the University of Virginia, where classes are canceled for a second day after three football players were shot dead on campus and new details emerge about the fellow student accused of killing them.
amp.cnn.com
Thanks for the correction. I confused University of Virginia and Virginia State into synonyms.
The article I read stated that the matter was not pursued because a witness was unwilling to give a statement.
Thus, Jones' involvement could be interpreted either way: Jones was a hazer -or- Jones was the hazee.
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Yes, very traumatizing for sure. Just shooting into a group like this sounds very random. Like maybe the group was targeted for some reason but not the individuals.
I hope we hear more. I’m glad the alleged killer was captured alive.
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Oh, think nothing of it. The only reason I knew was because I am from Virginia, went to school in Richmond (at Virginia Commonwealth University), and there are a lot of universities in Virginia! Easy to get confused, that's for sure!
Fifth shooting victim identified, a female student. Now, Jones also has two malicious wounding charges, in addition to the three murder charges.
richmond.com
Fifth person shot at UVa identified; malicious wounding charges added
Gov. Glenn Youngkin visits campus to pay his respects. The suspect faces an initial hearing on Wednesday.
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Witness told police UVA shooting suspect targeted football players, prosecutor says
A witness who saw a University of Virginia student open fire on a bus returning from a field trip described to police how the gunman targeted specific victims — many of them football players …
www.pilotonline.com
Prosecutor: UVa gunman shot Chandler while he was sleeping on bus
Suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. is being held without bond for the time being. His next court appearance is set for December 8 at 9:30 am.
The way friends and family speak about these guys just breaks my heart.
richmond.com
Humble and hard working, Virginia wide receiver Lavel Davis Jr. was striving for greatness
Davis’s father, Lavel Davis Sr. in a Facebook post, wrote simply, “Lord please help me.”
What a beautiful, smart, caring student this young woman on the bus is.
What a tragedy for all involved.
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