Campus police identified the suspected shooter as Christopher Darnell Jones, who university president Jim Ryan said is “one of our students.” As of Monday morning, a search is still underway for Jones, with officials warning he should be considered “armed and dangerous.”
The photo of Jones shared by police also appears on the website for the school’s football team. He is listed on the team’s 2018 roster, which notes he “did not appear in any games.”
In an email to the student body, Ryan said he was “heartbroken to report that the shooting has resulted in three fatalities.”
Two others are being treated for injuries, he added.
“This is a message any leader hopes never to have to send, and I am devastated that this violence has visited the University of Virginia,” Ryan wrote.
