11-17-2022 8:40am

Suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. charged in UVA Killings of— Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler, and D'Sean Perry

Anita Johnson-Brown Editor

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va-Student and ex-football player at the University of Virginia, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., the suspect, apprehended by officers for allegedly opening gunfire, on a bus full of university students, murdering three football players, and wounding two other people identified as Lavel Davis Jr. and Devin Chandler, both University-wide receivers, and linebacker D'Sean Perry. at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, after Jones and some other students went on a field trip to see a play in Washington, D.C., Officials said.

Henrico County police officers arrested Jones sometime before 11:00 a.m. on Monday in Richmond, Va., 75 miles southeast of the Charlottesville University campus.

Jones was charged with three counts of second-degree murder surrounding the deaths of Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis, and D'Sean Perry, and three counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.

On Tuesday, November 15, Jones was charged with an additional two counts of malicious wounding in connection to the victims who survived, Marlee Morgan, a sophomore student, and UVA football player Michael Hollins Jr.

Jones says he planned to hire an attorney and in the interim, the court-appointed the public defender's office to represent the defendant.

On Wednesday, November 16, After the court appearance in Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney James M. Hingeley talked briefly to the Press but did not discuss the validities of the matter, stating he wanted Jones to have a fair trial free of prejudicial pretrial publicity.

However, while speaking to the court, In a statement "Hingeley stated that the defendant’s previous criminal history indicated, Jones was arrested on Feb. 22, 2021, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, on a concealed weapons violation, the prosecutor said. Jones was convicted on the charge on June 10, 2021, and given a 12-month suspended sentence," Hingeley said.
During the time of his arrest in Chesterfield County, Jones had outstanding warrants for hit-and-run and careless driving out of Petersburg, Virginia, Hingeley said. Jones was convicted to a 12-month suspended sentence on each of the charges on Oct. 18, 2021", Hingeley said.
Hingeley also documented the case remains under investigation.

Written by Anita Johnson-Brown

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Virginia Law- was sourced through humbrechtlaw.com/criminal-charges-in-virginia/violent-crimes-in-virginia/malicious wounding.