Back to the Bradley Braves Newsfeed

Three Virginia football players killed; ex-player in custody

Related Topics: Jim Ryan, Dorchester

A former University of Virginia football player suspected of killing three football players and wounding two other students on campus late Sunday night is in custody after a manhunt in Charlottesville, Virginia, police confirmed Monday.

During a news conference on Monday, University of Virginia president Jim Ryan said three Cavaliers football players were shot and killed: junior receiver Lavel Davis Jr. of Dorchester, South Carolina; junior receiver Devin Chandler of Huntersville, North Carolina; and junior defensive end/linebacker D'Sean Perry of Miami.

Authorities said the suspect in the shooting, identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.