The University of Virginia canceled its last home football game of the season on Wednesday, days after three members of the team were shot dead by a fellow…
The suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, made his first appearance on Wednesday morning in an Albemarle General District Court where he faces three counts of second-degree murder and five counts of using a firearm in commission of a felony. He also faces two counts of malicious wounding.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
In addition to Chandler, Lavel Davis and D’Sean Perry were also killed. All were members of the school’s football team. Two other students were wounded and taken to University of Virginia Medical Center.During the brief hearing over video conference, Jones was dressed in a black and white jail uniform. He was appointed a defense attorney, but he told the court that he plans to hire an attorney, NBC News reported.
Moments before Wednesday’s hearing, the university announced that the football team’s last home game of the season against Coastal Carolina on Saturday has been canceled.Article content The shooting was the latest episode of gun violence on U.S. college and high school campuses. The bloodshed has fueled debate over tighter restrictions on access to guns in the United States, where the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms.
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