The University of Virginia’s threat assessment team became aware of Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. in September when a third party reported Jones may have had a gun, UVa Police Chief Tim Longo said Monday.
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A Charlottesville police vehicle is parked on Culbreath Road during an active shooter situation on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Monday.
MIKE KROPF, THE DAILY PROGRESS A police officer walks up Culbreath Road during an active shooter situation on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Va., on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.
Tributes began popping up across the University of Virginia campus on Monday, November 14, 2022 after three students were killed and two injured in a shooting on a bus returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Sophomores (from left) Andrew Shifflett, of Crozet, and Ben Ueltschey, of Tupelo, Miss. hang black bows on the columns of St. Anthony Hall at the University of Virginia on Monday, November 2022. Three students were killed and two injured in a shooting on a bus returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
The bus being towed away from the crime scene at Culbreth Rd on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022. Three were killed and two injured after a shooting on a bus of students returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
The window of the bus being towed away from the crime scene at Culbreth Rd on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022. Three were killed and two injured after a shooting on a bus of students returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
A bus is seen behind police tape on Culbreth Rd on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022. Three were killed and two injured after a shooting on a bus of students returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Tim Longo, UVA's Vice President for Safety and Security and Chief of Police, speaks during a press conference in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022, to offer updates on the shooting that took place on UVA's Grounds on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., in the shooting that took the lives of three people and injured two more and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Tributes began popping up across the University of Virginia campus on Monday, November 14, 2022 after three students were killed and two injured in a shooting on a bus returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Tributes began popping up across the University of Virginia campus on Monday, November 14, 2022 after three students were killed and two injured in a shooting on a bus returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
A bus is seen behind police tape on Culbreth Rd on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022. Three were killed and two injured after a shooting on a bus of students returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
UVA defensive tackle Aaron Foumui breaks down near where three of his teammates and friends were killed in a shooting on the evening of Sunday, November 13. "I just came out here alone just to, you know, just to be in their presence," said Foumui about visiting the campus site where the shooting happened on Monday, November 14, 2022. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
UVa President Jim Ryan spoke during a news conference in Charlottesville on Monday.
A bus is seen behind police tape on Culbreth Rd on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022. Three were killed and two injured after a shooting on a bus of students returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Tim Longo, UVA's Vice President for Safety and Security and Chief of Police, speaks during a press conference in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022, to offer updates on the shooting that took place on UVA's Grounds on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., in the shooting that took the lives of three people and injured two more and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Tributes began popping up across the University of Virginia campus on Monday, November 14, 2022 after three students were killed and two injured in a shooting on a bus returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Tim Longo, UVA's Vice President for Safety and Security and Chief of Police, is seen after receiving news during Monday's press conference on the shooting that took place on UVA's Grounds on the evening of Sunday, November 13, that the suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr.,was in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Tributes began popping up across the University of Virginia campus on Monday, November 14, 2022 after three students were killed and two injured in a shooting on a bus returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Tim Longo, UVA’s Vice President for Safety and Security and Chief of Police, speaks during a press conference in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022, to offer updates on the shooting that took place on UVA’s Grounds on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., in the shooting that took the lives of three people and injured two more and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
The window of the bus being towed away from the crime scene at Culbreth Rd on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022. Three were killed and two injured after a shooting on a bus of students returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Media outlets descended on the University of Virginia campus on Monday, November 14, 2022 after three students were killed and two injured in a shooting on a bus returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Sophomores (from left) Riley Long, of San Francisco, and Alex Lin, of Northern Virginia, paint a "Virginia Strong" sign to hang outside their Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at the University of Virginia on Monday, November 2022. Three students were killed and two injured in a shooting on a bus returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Tributes began popping up across the University of Virginia campus on Monday, November 14, 2022 after three students were killed and two injured in a shooting on a bus returning from a field trip on the evening of Sunday, November 13. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
University of Virginia President Jim Ryan holds a press conference in Charlottesville on Monday, November 14, 2022, to offer updates on the shooting that took place on UVA's Grounds on the evening of Sunday, November 13. University Police have identified a suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., in the shooting that took the lives of three people and injured two more and the suspect is currently in custody. EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
UVa defensive tackle Aaron Foumui broke down Monday near where three of his teammates were killed in a shooting on Sunday night.
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