For the first time since the tragic shooting that killed three football players and wounded two other victims, Virginia coach Tony Elliott spoke to the media about the ordeal that’s left the Charlottesville community reeling.
Elliott and athletic director Carla Williams spoke at length about Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry, who were all killed by suspected gunman Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a former walk-on football player. Elliott compared the situation to a nightmare: “I’m ready for somebody to pinch me and wake me up.”
“The first meeting was really really tough,” Elliott said, breaking down in tears, per SI‘s Ross Dellenger.