![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/university-of-virginia-shooting-student-accused-of-killing-3-in-football-team-massacre/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_University-of-Virginia-Shooting-Charlottesville-United-States-14-Nov-2022.jpg&description=Police have arrested the allegedly "armed and dangerous" University of Virginia student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. following a fatal school bus shooting on Sunday evening in Charlottesville A student accused of gunning down and killed three members of his former football team at the University of Virgina has been taken into custody following a 13-hour manhunt. Authorities confirmed Christopher Darnell Jones Jr, 22, was apprehended after he allegedly shot fellow students in a bus as they returned form a school field trip on Sunday evening in Charlottesville. University President Jim Ryan and law enforcement officials were in the middle of a late morning news conference when news of his arrest was revealed. Two other students were wounded in the shooting late Sunday night, which happened near a campus parking garage as a charter bus full of students returned from seeing a play in Washington, D.C., for a class field trip. Ryan said one of the students was in critical condition and the other student was in good condition at a local hospital. Image: Getty Images) Getty Images) The shooting touched off an intense manhunt, with authorities ordering students to shelter in place and conducting a building-by-building and grounds search of the campus. Students stayed in place for more than 12 hours until the order was lifted late Monday morning. When the news conference began, university police chief Timothy Longo Sr. said officials were 'reasonably confident' the shooter was no longer on school grounds and urged the public to call 911 immediately if they saw him or the black SUV he was believed to be driving. However, Mr Longo then received word that Jones had been apprehended. 'Just give me a moment to thank God, breathe a sigh of relief,' he said. He said police have obtained arrest warrants for Jones charging him with three counts of murder and three counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Mr Longo said the bus filled with students had just returned to){kind=link}
Police have arrested the allegedly “armed and dangerous” University of Virginia student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. following a fatal school bus shooting on Sunday evening in Charlottesville
A student accused of gunning down and killed three members of his former football team at the University of Virgina has been taken into custody following a 13-hour manhunt.
Authorities confirmed Christopher Darnell Jones Jr, 22, was apprehended after he allegedly shot fellow students in a bus as they returned form a school field trip on Sunday evening in Charlottesville.
University President Jim Ryan and law enforcement officials were in the middle of a late morning news conference when news of his arrest was revealed.
Two other students were wounded in the shooting late Sunday night, which happened near a campus parking garage as a charter bus full of students returned from seeing a play in Washington, D.C., for a class field trip.