UVA Student Guilty of 2022 Triple Murder

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a former University of Virginia student, pleaded guilty to the November 13, 2022, shooting that killed three football players and wounded two other students on a charter bus returning from a trip to Washington, D.C. Jones was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, and five counts of firearm use in a felony. No motive has been released, but reports suggest he targeted specific victims. The victims were football players Lavel Davis Jr., D'Sean Perry, and Devin Chandler, with Mike Hollins and Marlee Morgan wounded. A four-day sentencing hearing is set for February 4, where Jones faces the possibility of five life sentences plus 23 years. The university has settled with the victims' families for $9 million, and an external review was commissioned to evaluate UVA's safety protocols and threat assessments.