After three students were killed and two were injured in a shooting spree on acharter bus that was returning from a field trip, the University of Virginia lifted acampus-wide lockdown on Monday.
DSean Perry, Lavel Davis Jr., and Devin Chandler were killed; they were all football
players at the institution, according to university president Jim Ryan. The two injured
individuals names have not been made public.
At a news conference on Monday, Ryan stated, This is a terrible, shocking and
devastating day for our UVA community, adding that officials did not have a complete grasp of the events surrounding the shooting.
Though he didn't play in any games, the alleged gunman, Christopher Darnell Jones
Jr., was a former UVA football player. Just before 11 a.m. on Monday, he was taken
into custody in Henrico County, roughly 75 miles southeast of Charlottesville.
Approximately 12 hours of shelter-in-place were required on campus as a result of the incident. During the meeting, University Police Chief Timothy Longo learned that Jones had been taken into custody.