TOPLINE Three people were killed and two others were hurt in a shooting at the University of Virginia late Sunday night, officials said. People on the Charlottesville campus of the university were told to stay put while police searched for the shooter.
- Police and university officials urged people to shelter in place after the shooting at the university’s main campus in Charlottesville late Sunday night.
- Police warned the suspect, identified as school student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., is at large and is believed to be “armed and dangerous.”
An update on the active shooter incident at UVA: pic.twitter.com/LLshF8JJcR
— Jim Ryan (@presjimryan) November 14, 2022
- Jones was described as wearing a burgundy jacket, blue jeans and red shoes and police said he may be driving a black SUV.
- The UVA police department said multiple police agencies are working to apprehend Jones, including Virginia State police, who have deployed helicopters.
- University president Jim Ryan said he is “heartbroken” to report the shooting had resulted in three fatalities and said the university is working closely to support the families of the victims.
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“This is a message any leader hopes never to have to send,” Ryan wrote in a statement on the shooting. “I am devastated that this violence has visited the University of Virginia.”
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