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Man Pleads Guilty to Murder in 2022 Shooting That Killed 3 UVA Football Players

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Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. has pled guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and five firearms counts following a Nov. 2022 tragedy in which University of Virginia football players Lavel Davis Jr., D'Sean Perry and Devin Chandler were shot and killed on a bus returning from a class trip.

Jones also shot and injured Cavaliers football player Mike Hollins. Another UVA student was injured in the gunfire.

Per Ben Finley and Denise Lavoie of the Associated Press, the former UVA student will be sentenced following a four-day hearing beginning on Feb.