‘Tomorrow is going to be tough’: UVA community remembers deadly mass shooting 2 years later
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — The University of Virginia (UVA) community will hold a moment of honor Wednesday afternoon in remembrance of the three student athletes who were killed in an on-campus mass shooting on Nov. 13, 2022. The community will be asked to step outside at 1:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, for a moment of silence in honor of D'Sean Perry, Devin Chandler and Lavel Davis, Jr., followed by the playing of Amazing Grace and the tolling of the university's chapel bells. "Tomorrow is going to be tough for many -- and rightfully so," said UVA football's head coach Tony Elliott. "It's going to be tougher for the Davis family, the Chandler family and the Perry family." ALL COVERAGE: Deadly University of Virginia Bus Shooting On Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, dozens of UVA students were returning to campus from a field trip in Washington, D.C. around 10:30 p.m. when one of those students opened fire. Perry, Chandler and Davis were shot and killed while two other students -- former teammate Michael Hollins and Marlee Morgan -- were taken to the hospital for injuries. Laurel Davis, Jr., a junior wide receiver; Devin Chandler, a junior wide receiver; and D'Sean Perry, a junior linebacker and defensive end [from left to right]. (Photos: UVA Athletics) The university went into a lockdown while a nearly 12-hour manhunt was underway for the suspected shooter, who police have identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., of Petersburg. LAST YEAR: UVA community remembers victims one year after deadly shooting Police arrested Jones the morning after the incident in the 5700 block of Edgelawn Street. Jones currently faces a total of 10 charges, including aggravated murder -- the state's most severe murder charge. According to online court records, Jones will face a jury trial the morning of Jan. 22, 2025.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) — The University of Virginia (UVA) community will hold a moment of honor Wednesday afternoon in remembrance of the three student athletes who were killed in an on-campus mass shooting on Nov. 13, 2022.
The community will be asked to step outside at 1:55 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13, for a moment of silence in honor of D'Sean Perry, Devin Chandler and Lavel Davis, Jr., followed by the playing of Amazing Grace and the tolling of the university's chapel bells.
"Tomorrow is going to be tough for many -- and rightfully so," said UVA football's head coach Tony Elliott. "It's going to be tougher for the Davis family, the Chandler family and the Perry family."
ALL COVERAGE: Deadly University of Virginia Bus Shooting
On Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, dozens of UVA students were returning to campus from a field trip in Washington, D.C. around 10:30 p.m. when one of those students opened fire.
Perry, Chandler and Davis were shot and killed while two other students -- former teammate Michael Hollins and Marlee Morgan -- were taken to the hospital for injuries.
Laurel Davis, Jr., a junior wide receiver; Devin Chandler, a junior wide receiver; and D'Sean Perry, a junior linebacker and defensive end [from left to right]. (Photos: UVA Athletics)
The university went into a lockdown while a nearly 12-hour manhunt was underway for the suspected shooter, who police have identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., of Petersburg.
LAST YEAR: UVA community remembers victims one year after deadly shooting
Police arrested Jones the morning after the incident in the 5700 block of Edgelawn Street.
Jones currently faces a total of 10 charges, including aggravated murder -- the state's most severe murder charge.
According to online court records, Jones will face a jury trial the morning of Jan. 22, 2025.
