Entire Virginia team to be at funerals of 3 victims

The full Virginia shot squad volition be the ceremonial work for D'Sean Perry connected Saturday successful Miami, the archetypal of 3 funerals for their deceased teammates.

The squad volition besides beryllium astatine the memorial work for Devin Chandler connected Sunday successful Virginia Beach, Virginia, and the solemnisation of beingness work for Lavel Davis Jr. connected Wednesday successful North Charleston, South Carolina. Perry, Chandler and Davis were changeable and killed connected a charter autobus Nov. 13 aft returning location from a people trip. Running backmost Mike Hollins and a 5th student, Marlee Morgan, were besides shot, but survived.

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. has been charged with 3 counts of second-degree execution and the usage of a firearm successful the committee of a felony.

Prosecutors person besides charged him with 2 counts of malicious wounding and further gun-related charges related to shooting Hollins and Morgan. He is being held without bail successful a Charlottesville jail. There is simply a lawsuit presumption proceeding scheduled for Dec. 8.

Virginia was scheduled to extremity its play astatine rival Virginia Tech connected Saturday, but the crippled was canceled earlier successful the week due to the fact that players wanted to be the funerals of their teammates. Because of the tragedy, Virginia opted not to play its last 2 games of the season.

The assemblage held a memorial for each 3 players past Saturday astatine John Paul Jones Arena, wherever implicit 9,000 were successful attendance to wage their respects -- including the full team, household members, friends and loved ones.