BY : Milton Quintanilla | Contributor for ChristianHeadlines.com
The University of Virginia (UVA) canceled classes on Monday after a student opened fire on campus Sunday night, killing three and wounding two.
According to CBS News, Jones played for the university’s football team in 2018 as a freshman.
“There has been a shooting on Culbreth Road, and the suspect is at large and considered armed and dangerous,” UVA President Jim Ryan tweeted, urging the university community to “please shelter in place.”
UVA’s emergency management sent out an alert on Twitter early Monday morning, describing the suspect as “A BLACK MAN, WEARING A BURGANDY JACKET OR HOODIE, BLUE JEANS, RED SHOES.”
In a statement later posted by Ryan, he noted that at least three people were killed, and two were receiving medical care after they were injured from the shooting.
“I am holding the victims, their families, and all members of the University of Virginia community in my heart today, and we will make plans to come together as a community to grieve as soon as the suspect is apprehended,” Ryan said in a statement published early Monday morning.
One of the deceased victims is UVA linebacker D’ Sean Perry, who just played a game against Pittsburgh on Saturday, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. His parents plan to fly to the school from his hometown of Miami on Monday. Another football player, wide receiver Lavel David Jr., was also killed in the shooting, according to a tweet from his cousin. The names of the other murdered victim and those injured have not yet been released.
Em Gunter, a UVA sophomore, said she had been listening to a lecture in her dorm room at around 10:15 pm on Sunday when she heard six gunshots fired. She immediately relayed a message to the other residents in her building and told them to stay inside.
“I just have no words,” Gunter said. “This is insane.”
On Monday, UVA’s Emergency Management team stated that an active search was “still underway on and around” campus grounds and that students must remain sheltered in place.
This is a developing story.
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