3 UVA football players murdered

Campus shooting. All Juniors.

All three victims were members of the University of Virginia football team. Perry was a 6-foot-3 junior linebacker from Miami. Davis was a 6-foot-7 junior wide receiver from Dorchester, South Carolina. Chandler was a 6-foot junior wide receiver from Huntersville, North Carolina, who transferred this season from the University of Wisconsin.

Perry, a Miami native and Gulliver Preparatory School graduate, played in the Cavaliers' loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers on Saturday and made two tackles. He had seven tackles on the season. Recruiting analyst Larry Blustein said he was “devastated” by the news of Perry's death.

“D’Sean was the ultimate student/athlete who never had an enemy,” Blustein wrote in a text. “While several schools didn’t take notice of what he brought to the table as an athlete, the University of Virginia understood what he was all about — on and off the playing field. ... This is a great loss."

The names of the two people who were wounded were not released.

Killed by a former member of the team

Who is shooting suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.?

Jones, 22, was taken into custody Monday, police said during a news conference. A photo of Jones tweeted by UVA police also appears on virginiasports.com, where Jones was listed on the UVA football team roster in 2018. His profile says he was then a 5-foot-9, 195-pound first-year running back from Petersburg, Virginia, who did not appear in any games. It adds that he graduated from Petersburg High School after spending three years at Varina High School, where he was named Student of the Year as a freshman and sophomore, according to the profile.

Jones faces three counts of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun to commit a felony, Longo said. He said Jones had come to the attention of his department in September after someone reported that Jones made a comment about a gun, but that no one ever reported actually seeing a weapon.