{"id":1739342,"date":"2022-11-15T08:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739342"},"modified":"2022-11-15T10:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T15:34:25","slug":"former-university-of-virginia-running-back-arrested-in-shooting-that-killed-3-former-teammates-and-injured-2-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-university-of-virginia-running-back-arrested-in-shooting-that-killed-3-former-teammates-and-injured-2-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Former University of Virginia Running Back Arrested in Shooting That Killed 3 Former Teammates and Injured 2 Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-university-of-virginia-running-back-arrested-in-shooting-that-killed-3-former-teammates-and-injured-2-others%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739342&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A former University of Virginia running back was arrested after he was was identified as the suspect in a shooting that killed three current University of Virginia football players and injured two other students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7019\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chris-Jones.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1596\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chris-Jones.png 1596w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chris-Jones-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chris-Jones-1340x532-1.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chris-Jones-768x305-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chris-Jones-750x298-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chris-Jones-1200x477-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Jones via Virginia Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>University of Virginia President Jim Ryan updated the public on the shooting incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginia.edu\/live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during an 11:00 AM ET press conference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cAt approximately 10:30 PM university police responded to a call of shots fired in the Culbreth parking garage area. The suspected shooter is UVA student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. Upon arrival at the scene, university police encountered several victims of gunshot wounds. The shootings occurred on a bus full of students returning from a field trip\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-block full\">\n<div class=\"video-player youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ryan went on to reveal the identities of the three victims who were killed, \u201cThree of the victims did not survive. They were Devin Chandler, a second year from Virginia Beach, Virginia. Lavell Davis a third year\u00a0 student from Ridgeville, South Carolina, and D\u2019Sean Perry, a fourth year student from Miami, Florida. All three were members of the football team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo other students were wounded and are being treated for injuries at the UVA Medical Center. One is in good condition. One is in critical condition. In order to protect their privacy, we are not releasing their names at this moment,\u201d Ryan continued.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the press conference he detailed that no motive for the attack was known at this time, \u201cAlthough we do not yet have a full understanding of the motive and circumstances of these events, police are investigating as we speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7017\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jim-Ryan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1121\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jim-Ryan.png 1121w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jim-Ryan-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jim-Ryan-768x321-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Jim-Ryan-750x313-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Ryan via Webmaster Virginia YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time of the press conference, Ryan detailed that police were still hunting for Jones. And that police had conducted an \u201cexhaustive building by building search of grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, after Ryan gave the podium to Chief Longo, he was informed that police had arrested Jones off campus. \u201cWe just received information that the suspect is in custody,\u201d Chief Longo stated.<\/p>\n<p>The UVA Police Department noted at 11:24 am ET \u201cPolice have the suspect in custody. This is the final alert message.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/UVA-Police-Department.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/UVA-Police-Department.png 768w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/UVA-Police-Department-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/UVA-Police-Department-750x297-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UVA Police Department Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chief Longo also provided more details about the shooting, \u201cWhen this call came out just after 10 o\u2019clock last night, about 10:16, and we knew the circumstances, we immediately initiated an emergency alert.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After explaining how the emergency alert system works, he detailed, \u201cSince 10:16 up until just about 30 minutes ago, our students were sheltered where they were. And more than 500 of them were sheltered in buildings throughout grounds, studying in libraries, classrooms, and other places. And they\u2019ve cooperated with the directive they received and we\u2019re very grateful for that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7018\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7018\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chief-Longo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1114\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chief-Longo.png 1114w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chief-Longo-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chief-Longo-768x336-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chief-Longo-750x329-1.png 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief Longo via Webmaster Virginia YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chief Longo also revealed that \u201cthe bodies of Devin and D\u2019Sean \u2026 were found inside a charter bus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further seemed to imply that Jones was part of the trip and was on the bus saying, \u201cAnd someone amongst them chose to do an act of violence. And we found them dead inside that bus. And for hours we had to process a crime scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief Longo would later detail that Jones is charged \u201cwith three counts of second-degree murder. And we charged him with three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7026\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lavel-Davis-Jr..png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1307\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lavel-Davis-Jr..png 1307w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lavel-Davis-Jr.-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lavel-Davis-Jr.-768x367-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lavel-Davis-Jr.-750x359-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Lavel-Davis-Jr.-1200x574-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lavel Davis Jr. via Virginia Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jones had previously come to the attention of \u201cthe University of Virginia\u2019s Threat Assessment Team in the fall of 2022,\u201d said Chief Longo. \u201cIn fact, in September 2022, our Office of Student Affairs reported to the multidisciplinary threat assessment team that Mr. Jones \u2014 they received information that Mr. Jones had made a comment about possessing a gun to a person that was unaffiliated with the university. In other words, a third party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chief Longo further stated, \u201cThat reporting person, again unaffiliated with the university, to the best of our knowledge never saw the gun. The comment about Mr. Jones owning a gun was not made in conjunction with any threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSean-Perry.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1311\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSean-Perry.png 1311w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSean-Perry-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSean-Perry-768x368-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSean-Perry-750x360-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/DSean-Perry-1200x576-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D\u2019Sean Perry via Virginia Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not only did he come to the attention due to this tip, but Chief Longo also detailed he was \u201cinvolved in a hazing investigation of some sort.\u201d Chief Longo detailed that investigation \u201cwas eventually closed due to witnesses that would not cooperate with the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he detailed, \u201cBut through the course of the threat assessment team\u2019s investigation, we learned of a prior criminal incident involving a concealed weapon violation that occurred outside the city of Charlottesville in February of 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s interesting about that case is he\u2019s required as a student of the University of Virginia to report that and he never did,\u201d Chief Longo relayed. \u201cAnd so the University has taken appropriate administration charges through the University\u2019s judiciary council and that matter is still pending adjudication.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7024\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Devin-Chandler.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1309\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Devin-Chandler.png 1309w, https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Devin-Chandler-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Devin-Chandler-768x366-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Devin-Chandler-750x357-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Devin-Chandler-1200x571-1.png 1200w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Devin Chandler via Virginia Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Ryan also announced that classes and all extracurricular activities on campus had been cancelled including the men\u2019s basketball game against Northern Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was part of the University of Virginia football program in 2018, but never took a snap. He was no longer part of the team for the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former University of Virginia running back was arrested after he was was identified as the suspect in a shooting that killed three current University of Virginia football players and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1739345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1739342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1739342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1739345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1739342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1739342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1739342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}