Police seeking ex-UVA player in campus killings

Police successful Charlottesville, Virginia, are searching for a erstwhile University of Virginia shot subordinate who is suspected of sidesplitting 3 radical and wounding 2 others connected field precocious Sunday night.

Multiple instrumentality enforcement agencies were inactive searching for Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., who was listed arsenic a freshman moving backmost connected the team's 2018 roster. His roster bio noted that helium antecedently played astatine Petersburg High School and Varina High School successful Virginia.

In a tweet astatine 7:28 a.m. ET connected Monday, the UVA constabulary section advised residents to stay sheltered successful place. There was a monolithic manhunt underway for Jones and residents were advised to "expect accrued instrumentality enforcement presence."

The UVA Police Department tweeted aboriginal Monday greeting that it was looking for Jones regarding the shooting, which occurred successful a parking store connected field astir 10:30 p.m. ET Sunday. The tweet included the aforesaid photograph of Jones that was included connected his bio connected Virginia's online shot roster.

University of Virginia constabulary described Jones arsenic a fishy and said helium was wearing a burgundy overgarment oregon hoodie, bluish jeans and reddish shoes. Police said helium mightiness beryllium driving a achromatic SUV with Virginia plates. They said the fishy is equipped and dangerous.

University of Virginia president James E. Ryan confirmed successful a connection to the assemblage astatine 4 a.m. ET Monday that 3 radical were killed and 2 others were injured. Ryan wrote that "one of our students, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., is suspected to person committed the shooting."

"As of this writing, I americium heartbroken to study that the shooting has resulted successful 3 fatalities; 2 further victims were injured and are receiving aesculapian care," Ryan wrote. "We are moving intimately with the families of the victims, and we volition stock further item arsenic soon arsenic we are able.

"Our University Police Department has joined forces with different instrumentality enforcement agencies to apprehend the suspect, and we volition support our assemblage apprised of developments arsenic the concern evolves. 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."