2022 University of Virginia shooting

2022 University of Virginia shooting
2022 University of Virginia shooting
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Location	38°02′23.2″N 78°30′12.8″W / 38.039778°N 78.503556°W; 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	9mm Glock 45 semi-automatic handgun; .223-caliber Ruger AR-556 semi-automatic rifle (unused); 9mm Smith & Wesson Model 39 semi-automatic handgun (unused);
Deaths	3
Injured	2
Perpetrator	Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.
Charges	Second-degree murder (3 counts); Using a handgun in the commission of a felony (3 counts);
Verdict	Five life sentences + 23 years

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. Jones was sentenced to life in prison in November 2025.