The University of Virginia held an on-campus memorial service on Saturday for the three football players who were shot and killed by an alleged gunman after a school field trip last weekend.
The ceremony also honored Mike Hollins Jr. and Marlee Morgan, the two students who were injured in the shooting. Earlier this week, UVA's president Jim Ryan released a video message about the tragedy.
Authorities say the students were shot late Sunday night as they returned to campus after traveling to D.C. by chartered bus to watch a play atAccording to investigators, once the chartered bus arrived at a parking lot on UVA's campus Sunday night, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a UVA student and former member of the football team who was on the trip, began shooting students on the bus.
Two other students were also injured in the shooting. One of those victims, Marlee Morgan, a female student, was treated and released from a hospital. The other, football player Mike Hollins Jr., underwent surgery and is recovering in the hospital.and will hopefully begin to take some steps, according to Joe Gipson, a family spokesperson.
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