ACTIVE SHOOTER AT UVA - Charlottesville - The Daily Progress

SYDNEY SHULER

This communicative was updated astatine 1:00 a.m. Nov. 14, 2022.\

The University of Virginia constabulary are searching for a antheral named Christoper Darnell Jones successful transportation with a shooting incidental astatine Culbreth Garage disconnected of Culbreth Road connected Central Grounds astatine the University of Virginia precocious Sunday nighttime Nov. 13.

Students stay sheltered successful place, frightened and anxious arsenic they await connection connected who opened occurrence connected what had been a quiescent Sunday night.

"I person homework to bash but I virtually cannot absorption similar what is happening close now," tweeted Zyahna Bryant, the UVa pupil who is champion known for her efforts to escaped Charlottesville of its Confederate statues erstwhile she was successful precocious schoolhouse successful Charlottesville. 

UVa constabulary person issued advisories to run, fell and fight. They see the fishy to beryllium equipped and dangerous. 

The store is down the country wherever the UVa marching set practices. 

Student assemblage president Cecelia Cain said she is wrong and listening to a constabulary scanner. She said she and others are "pretty freaked out."

Across Grounds, students are sheltered successful place, some incapable to task retired and acrophobic to bash so.

"They person america locked down close now. I haven't been capable to spell anywhere," said Eva Surovell, exertion of the Cavalier Daily. 

Police person said the fishy is simply a Black antheral wearing a burgundy jacket, bluish jeans and reddish shoes.

Several shots were reportedly fired minutes earlier 11 p.m. arsenic students were winding down what had been a quiescent weekend, with the UVa Cavaliers having played connected the roadworthy successful Pittsburgh. The temperatures had dropped into the precocious 30s Sunday night, down from a precocious of 71 degrees connected Saturday.

There are nary reports of injuries astatine this time, but respective exigency vehicles are inactive successful the area. 

Charlottesville has experienced respective shootings wrong the past 2 months, but truthful acold nary person occurred connected UVa Grounds. In September, a Charlottesville antheral was changeable dormant arsenic helium near a downtown nine successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Sept. 17. 

Additionally, 3 teens were changeable astatine Mallside Forest Apartments connected Sept. 22; 2 men were changeable connected Anderson Street connected Sept. 28; and 2 teens were changeable adjacent the Downtown Mall connected Oct. 15 astatine astir 5:15 p.m. 

A antheral was changeable and killed Sunday, Oct. 23 arsenic helium attempted to tally for his beingness retired of a crowded Downtown Mall barroom astir 1 a.m. connected Sunday, October 23.