BREAKING: Police are still looking for the suspected gunman, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., hours after gunfire was first reported at around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, according to UVA President Jim Ryan. He identified Jones as a student.
Three people were killed and two others were injured in a shooting at the University of Virginia late Sunday and the gunman, identified as a student, remains at large, the university's president announced Monday morning.
The university’s emergency management issued received reports of shots fired at a campus parking garage on Culbreth Road in Charlottesville around 10:30 p.m. They advised the community to shelter in place, and reach out to friends and family and let them know their status. "I am heartbroken to report that the shooting has resulted in three fatalities; two additional victims were injured and are receiving medical care," UVA President Jim Ryan said."This is a message any leader hopes never to have to send, and I am devastated that this violence has visited the University of Virginia."
Police said they were looking Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr. in connection with the deadly shooting and shared a photo of the suspect, who Ryan described in his statement as"one of our students." That same photo appears on a 2018 football roster on the website for the Virginia Cavaliers, but the profile says he did not appear in an games that year.
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