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Fundraisers Launched, Campus Memorial Service Scheduled For Slain UVA Football Players Fundraisers Launched, Campus Memorial Service Scheduled For Slain UVA Football Players
Fundraisers Launched, Campus Memorial Service Scheduled For Slain UVA Football Players Support is surging for the families of the three University of Virginia football players who were killed in a mass shooting on the Charlottesville campus Sunday, Nov. 13. Devin Chandler, 20, of Virginia Beach, VA, D’Sean Perry, 22, of Miami, FL, and Lavel Davis Jr., 20, of Ridgeville, SC, were killed after the charter bus they were riding in returned at Culbreth Garage around 10:15 p.m. from a field trip to see a play in Washington DC, authorities previously said. Two other victims, who President Jim Ryan identified as football player Michael Hollins Jr. of Baton Rouge, LA, and Marlee Morg…

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by Nicole Acosta
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UVA Shooter Was ‘Picked On,’ Dad Says In New Report UVA Shooter Was ‘Picked On,’ Dad Says In New Report
UVA Shooter Was ‘Picked On,’ Dad Says In New Report More details are being released in the University of Virginia triple-fatal shooting — including the fact that the alleged shooter was being picked on, according to a report by NBC12. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 22, opened fire on a bus on the way back from a field trip to see a play in Washington DC, killing Devin Chandler as he slept, along with D’Sean Perry and Lavel Davis Jr., on Sunday, Nov. 13, prosecutors said during the initial hearing. Two other victims were injured in the incident, authorities previously said. Darnell's dad tells NBC12 his son — a former member of the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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UVA Shooting Suspect In Custody, Victims ID'd As Football Players: Officials UVA Shooting Suspect In Custody, Victims ID'd As Football Players: Officials
UVA Shooting Suspect In Custody, Victims ID'd As Football Players: Officials Authorities have arrested the suspect wanted in the University of Virginia shooting that left three people dead and two wounded on Sunday, Nov. 13. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a UVA student and former walk-on football player from the Petersburg area, was taken into custody just before 11 a.m., according to the UVA Police Department. The 22-year-old was captured on the 5700 block of Edgelawn Street, after an officer spotted the suspect's vehicle in the eastern part of Henrico County, local police said on Twitter. Good evening, On behalf of the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office, please …

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by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine