10 A.M. UPDATE: UVA wide receiver Lavel Davis Jr. among 3 killed Sunday night - Richmond Times-Dispatch

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This is continuing sum of a shooting that killed 3 astatine the University of Virginia Sunday night. 

10:34 a.m. update:

The University of Virginia has lifted its bid directing students to structure successful place, astir 12 hours aft it was implemented. No apprehension has been announced. Authorities identified Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. arsenic a suspect. 

At 10:34, assemblage officials sent an alert to students, telling them they could permission their rooms aft a thorough hunt connected and astir campus. 

"A ample constabulary beingness volition remain," the alert stated. 

Classes were canceled Monday. 

10 a.m. update:

CHARLOTTESVILLE – Virginia wide receiver Lavel Davis Jr. was 1 of 2 shot players changeable and killed Sunday night, according to a Tweet from his cousin, Newberry College adjunct shot manager Sean Lampkin.

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Police fishy erstwhile UVa shot subordinate Chris Jones of sidesplitting 3 people, including Davis and linebacker D’Sean Perry, astatine a parking platform connected the school’s campus.

Virginia's D'Sean Perry discusses his determination from linebacker backmost to antiaircraft end

8 a.m. update:

D' Sean Perry, a linebacker and antiaircraft extremity for the University of Virginia shot team, is 1 of 3 radical changeable dormant astatine Culbreth Garage connected UVa Central Grounds astatine the University of Virginia Sunday night, Perry's begetter Sean Perry confirmed Monday morning.

D' Sean Perry, who was 6'3" gangly and weighed 230 pounds, made 2 tackles successful Saturday's University of Virginia's crippled against Pittsburgh. Today, his parents are flying successful from his hometown of Miami.

UVa President Jim Ryan said successful an email to the assemblage aboriginal Monday greeting that 3 students had been killed successful the Sunday nighttime shooting. The names of the 2 different victims who were killed are not disposable astatine this time, nor are the names of the 2 victims who lived.

The shooter is inactive astatine large, and respective instrumentality enforcement agencies are looking for him. He is considered equipped and dangerous.

Classes are cancelled today, Ryan said successful his letter.

"This is simply a connection immoderate person hopes ne'er to person to send, and I americium devastated that this unit has visited the University of Virginia," Ryan wrote. "This is simply a traumatic incidental for everyone successful our assemblage and we person cancelled classes for contiguous (Monday, Nov. 14.)"

- Sydney Shuler, The Daily Progress

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MIKE KROPF, THE DAILY PROGRESS A Louisa County K-9 portion walks crossed field during an progressive shooter concern astatine the University of Virginia successful Charlottesville, Va., connected Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Mike Kropf)

6 a.m. update:

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Three radical person been killed and 2 others were wounded successful a shooting precocious Sunday astatine the University of Virginia, according to the school's president. Police are searching for a suspect, who remains astatine large.

The shooting astatine astir 10:30 p.m. Sunday "resulted successful 3 fatalities; 2 further victims were injured and are receiving aesculapian care," President Jim Ryan said successful a missive to the assemblage assemblage posted connected societal media.

The university's exigency absorption issued an alert connected Sunday nighttime notifying the field assemblage of an "active attacker firearm." The connection warned students to structure successful spot pursuing a study of shots fired connected Culbreth Road connected the campus.

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UVA linebacker D'Sean Perry.

The UVA Police Department posted a announcement online saying aggregate constabulary agencies including the authorities constabulary were searching for a fishy who was considered "armed and dangerous."

Ryan's missive confirmed the fishy was inactive astatine large.

"This is simply a connection immoderate person hopes ne'er to person to send, and I americium devastated that this unit has visited the University of Virginia," Ryan wrote. "This is simply a traumatic incidental for everyone successful our assemblage and we person cancelled classes for contiguous (Monday, Nov. 14.)"

- The Associated Press

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Earlier story ...

A shooting occurred precocious Sunday nighttime connected the field of the University of Virginia. UVa policed identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones.

Jones reportedly grew up successful Richmond and played shot astatine 2 country precocious schools.

At 10:42 p.m., the university's exigency absorption Twitter relationship reported "ACTIVE ATTACKER firearm reported successful country of Culbreth Road. RUN HIDE FIGHT."

Bethanie Glover said students should proceed to structure successful place. Glover had nary further accusation astatine this time.

As of 3 a.m. authorities had not released connection astir immoderate imaginable injuries oregon fatalities. Multiple constabulary agencies, including a Virginia State Police helicopter, were searching for the suspect.

Culbreth Road is connected the northbound extremity of field adjacent the school's theater. 

Around 10:15 p.m., UVa sophomore Em Gunter, 19, was watching a lecture successful her dormitory erstwhile she heard six gunshots ringing out. Gunter lives successful the International Residential College, and she tin spot Culbreth Road from her window. 

The UVA Police Department is looking for Christopher Darnell Jones regarding the shooting incidental that occurred connected the grounds of the University of Virginia. Call 911 if seen, bash not approach. pic.twitter.com/mKcxF6ksxw

— UVA Police Department (@UVAPolice) November 14, 2022

She sent a connection to the 350 different residents successful her gathering and told them to enactment inside. She continued to hunker down successful her country with friends, who felt terrified.

"I conscionable person nary words," Gunter said. "This is insane." 

For 10 years, Gunter lived successful Southwest Virginia, wherever the 2007 wide shooting astatine Virginia Tech remains successful the forefront of people's minds. 

Police SUV turns up Culbreth Road successful Charlottesville

"April 16 was a solemn time for us," she said.

The exigency absorption section reported Jones arsenic the fishy Sunday evening, describing him arsenic a Black male, wearing a burgundy jacket, bluish jeans and reddish shoes. Police said helium mightiness beryllium driving a achromatic athletics inferior conveyance with Virginia plates TWX-3580.

UVa constabulary said helium is considered equipped and unsafe and advised residents to structure successful spot and scope retired to household and friends. 

According to the UVa diversion section website, Jones played shot for the schoolhouse successful 2018 but didn't look successful immoderate games. 

He grew up successful the Essex Village and Mosby Court lodging complexes successful Richmond, according to a 2018 Richmond Times-Dispatch story. He was astute and quiet, a comparative said.

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“When I travel into the classrooms, everything flowed,” Jones said astatine the time.

According to the story, Jones’ begetter near the household erstwhile helium was little, and Jones got successful fights astatine school, starring to suspensions.

He played shot astatine Varina and Petersburg High Schools and graduated from Petersburg successful 2018.

Robyn S. Hadley, dean of students, emailed the UVa assemblage aboriginal Monday morning. She told students she, too, was connected field and sheltering successful place. 

"Please, delight instrumentality the structure successful spot commands earnestly arsenic the concern remains active," she wrote. 

UVa asked friends and household with questions to telephone an exigency hotline astatine (877) 685-4836.

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Louisa County Sheriff's K-9 Unit connected the country of a shooting probe successful Charlottesville connected Sunday. 

Since 2002, there person been astatine slightest 14 incidents of gunfire connected Virginia assemblage campuses, according to quality reports and information compiled by the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety. 

Everytown, which supports weapon control, has tallied much than 200 shootings connected oregon adjacent colleges and 400 astatine K-12 schools successful the United States since 2013.

Earlier this year, 2 Bridgewater College officers were fatally shot on campus. A antheral from Hanover County has been charged with their killings. In 2021, a VCU student, Cody Woodson, and a 17-year-old antheral were shot and killed connected the aforesaid artifact adjacent to VCU's field connected back-to-back days. 

- Eric Kolenich, Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Charlottesville constabulary artifact disconnected Culbreth Road.

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