UVA shooting: 3 killed, 2 wounded and community told to shelter in place with suspect still at large - CBS News

Charlottesville, Virginia — The University of Virginia was locked down and classes were cancelled connected Monday greeting arsenic constabulary searched for a pupil successful transportation with a fatal shooting the erstwhile night. The university's president confirmed successful a missive to the assemblage that 3 radical were killed and 2 others wounded successful the shooting connected Sunday evening.  

The suspect, identified arsenic assemblage pupil Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. by UVA President Jim Ryan and the UVA constabulary force, remained astatine large, and determination was a "complete search" of the field underway. Police released the photograph of Jones below, from the university's athletics website, wherever helium was listed arsenic a subordinate of the UVA shot squad successful 2018, erstwhile helium was a freshman.

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.

Posted by University of Virginia Police Department on Sunday, November 13, 2022

The informing for students and unit to structure successful spot came precocious Sunday nighttime aft a study that shots had been fired connected the campus. The university's exigency absorption issued an alert connected Twitter astatine 10:42 p.m. of an "active attacker firearm." 

"There has been a shooting connected Culbreth Road and the fishy is astatine ample and considered equipped and dangerous," Ryan said successful a tweet, asking the assemblage assemblage to "please structure successful place." 

Ryan aboriginal sent retired the missive with the connection to the assemblage community, saying helium was "heartbroken to study that the shooting has resulted successful 3 fatalities," with 2 others being hospitalized and treated for unspecified wounds.
 
The UVA Police Department besides posted a announcement online saying aggregate constabulary agencies were searching for a fishy who was considered "armed and dangerous."

Ryan said successful his Monday greeting missive that lone designated indispensable unit should travel to work.
 
A UVA pupil who was successful her dormitory country adjacent Culbreth Road said she heard six shots fired, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.

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