The University of Virginia shooting suspect accused of opening fire on a charter bus of classmates returning from a field trip to Washington, D.C., last month, is expected to kill three former soccer teammates and wound a fourth. college player and another student, will appear in court on Thursday.
Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 23, is expected to appear at 9:30 a.m. in Charlottesville, FOX 5 DC reported.
It will serve as a status hearing in Albemarle County Court after Jones was already arraigned last month.
Jones faces multiple felony charges, including three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The November 13 shooting in a parking lot on campus behind the theater department building killed UVA football players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis and D’Sean Perry, and wounded the surviving victims, football player UVA American Michael Hollins Jr. and Marlee Morgan, sophomore. in college.
A 12-hour manhunt ensued and more than 500 students sheltered in place as authorities conducted a building-by-building search for the suspect until Jones’ eventual capture off campus in Henrico, Virginia.
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UVA shooting suspect Christopher Darnell Jones was arrested after a 12-hour manhunt.
(Henrico County Sheriff’s Office; Fox News)
UVA canceled its last two football games of the season and scheduled a memorial service on campus.
Members of the UVA football team also traveled to each of the three funerals for Chandler, Davis and Perry.
Authorities revealed that Jones faced a prior investigation for hazing and was facing pending administrative charges from UVA for failing to report a weapons violation that occurred outside of Charlottesville.
Jones, a former UVA football player who never played in a game, was caught carrying a concealed 9mm semi-automatic pistol during a traffic stop in Chesterfield County in February 2021. After stopping Jones for not having any vehicle registration on file, officers found out they were looking for him. in Petersburg on two pending charges of failing to stop for an accident resulting in more than $1,000 in damages and reckless driving for an August 2020 incident.
He was arrested and eventually received two 12-month sentences. Both sentences were suspended.
UVA football player Michael Hollins Jr. is one of two surviving victims of a shooting that also killed three of his teammates.
(Credit: Official Virginia Cavaliers Athletic Site)
Despite UVA banning all firearms on campus, regardless of permit status, a search of Jones’s second-floor dormitory on campus after the charter bus shooting uncovered a semi-automatic rifle, a handgun, ammunition and a device designed to increase the power of a weapon. rate of fire
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A Virginia State Police officer conducting the search warrant reportedly found a Ruger AR-556 semi-automatic rifle, a Smith & Wesson Model 39 pistol, a box of .223 Winchester ammunition, two Glock 9mm magazines, a gun cleaning kit and a Franklin. Gunsmith binary trigger.
