Today is just a sad and catastrophic day after 3 current players on the University of Virginia football team were tragically shot and killed by a former player on the team.
Their names were WR Lavel Davis Jr., LB D’Sean Perry, and WR Devin Chandler.
Police confirmed University of Virginia student shooting suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. is in custody after a major manhunt. Jones, a former UVA football player, was described by police as a Black male last seen wearing a burgundy jacket or hoodie, blue jeans and red shoes.
The shooting was initially reported around 10:30 p.m. Sunday when shots were fired in the Culbreth parking garage.
Two other UVA players were also shot, but are currently hospitalized.
Classes were canceled Monday. The shelter-in-place order had been lifted for campus “based upon a thorough search on and around the grounds,” UVA police said, but, “a large police presence will remain.”
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Davis, a junior, had 16 catches for 371 yards and two touchdowns this season. Perry, a junior, had five tackles in three games this season, including two in Saturday’s loss to Pitt.
Chandler, a junior, has not appeared in a game this season. He caught two passes for 28 yards as a freshman in 2020.
