2022 University of Virginia shooting
| 2022 University of Virginia shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Date | November 13, 2022 c. 10:15 p.m. (EST) |
| Target | UVA football players and another student |
Attack type | School shooting, mass shooting |
| Weapons | Handgun |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 2 |
| Perpetrator | Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. |
| Charges |
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On the night of November 13, 2022, a mass shooting took place at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which three people were killed and two others were injured. Four of the victims, including the three who died, were members of the UVA football team. The perpetrator, 22-year-old Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., was later taken into custody and charged with three counts of second-degree murder, as well as three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony. On November 20, 2024, Jones pleaded guilty in the shooting.