Three people were killed and two were injured by a shooting at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, according to police. The three killed in the shooting — Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry, were remembered as affable students, according to the university’s first-year coach, Tony Elliott, said in a statement, “incredible young men with huge aspirations and extremely bright futures.” (NY Times) A manhunt is currently underway for the students of the University of Virginia after three victims were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting on the college campus. The mass shooting unfolded at around 10:40 pm on Sunday, November 13 when a gunman went on a shooting rampage at the campus, the president of the university, Jim Ryan said in a statement. Police identified the suspect in the horror shooting as Christopher Darnell Jones, a student and former football player for the college, warning that he should be considered “armed and dangerous” (NPR). In the course of the investigation, officials discovered that Mr. Jones had been convicted of a misdemeanor concealed weapons violation in 2021, as he received a 12-month suspended sentence and had to pay a $100 fine in the past due to the violated weapons.

Ryan Lynch, a sophomore from Philadelphia, had met Jones only once before when both had tried out to be runway models for a group on campus called Fashion for a Cause. Neither had ended up joining that fall. She recalled seeing Jones alone at the back of the bus on the day of the shooting: Lynch went to talk with Jones for a while and make sure he felt included, saying, “You should try again with me in the spring.” After she returned to her seat toward the front of the bus, they were pulling up to the parking garage next to the Culbreth Theatre building, when the shooting began. She first thought it was a balloon or an overinflated bag of chips popping. But her ears wouldn’t stop ringing. Then she smelled the smoke (The Washington Post). “This is a sad, shocking, and tragic day for our UVA community,” she said. “Let me say how deeply sorry I am for the victims and for their family and friends.” (NY Times)