Witnesses to the Michael Hollins shooting at the University of Virginia: Three people killed in a single shot and two more injured
Three football players were killed and two more people were injured following a shooting at the University of Virginia on late Sunday night, campus police and university president Jim Ryan confirmed early Monday.
Chris Jones was taken into custody on Monday morning after being on the run for over twelve hours, according to UVA Emergency Management.
A class returned from a trip to Washington, DC when the shooting occurred at the University of Virginia. The university said that the class had seen a play, but it was not clear if he attended the field trip or not.
The head football coach at the University Lab School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana said one of the two injured students was Michael Hollins. Hollins is a junior running back for UVA, according to the team’s roster. CNN reached out to the family of Hollins, but they didn’t reply.
Harris said it was tragic. “Of course, our prayers are with the families of the victims and it’s just yet a constant reminder that we have to do better in terms of gun safety laws in our country.”
An injured student, Michael Hollins, left with his family at the University of Virginia after a tragic shooting on Sunday, September 17, 2018
Classes and extra-curricular activities were canceled Monday, and public transportation routes to campus were suspended. Public schools in the surrounding Albemarle County were also closed for the day.
Jones had previously been on the radar of campus authorities. In September, authorities found out Jones “had made a comment about possessing a gun” to someone “unaffiliated with the university,” Longo said at Monday’s news conference. But that person never actually saw the gun in question, he said.
Jones is listed on UVA’s athletics website as a football player in 2018 who as a freshman did not participate in any games. He attended Varina High School and Petersburg High School, where he played football as a linebacker and running back, according to his university athletics bio.
On Sunday, police in Moscow, Idaho, said that four University of Idaho students were found dead in a home near the campus. Police investigating the incident have called the deaths suspected homicides.
The University of Virginia canceled classes Tuesday as it “continues to work through the emotional toll” of Sunday’s shooting that left three of the school’s football players dead and two others injured.
Michael Hollins, one of the two other injured students, was identified. The two wounded students are being treated at UVA Medical Center, with one in critical condition and the other in good condition, UVA spokesperson Brian Coy said, declining to name them.
A wave of support – both locally and nationwide – flowed into Charlottesville after the news broke Monday. The school held a candle light protest on Monday and drew hundreds to the campus according to a photo from the football team.
“This is a difficult time for players and staff because of the lasting impact Devin had on his friends and teammates,” the statement read. “Our thoughts go out to his family, friends and the Virginia football family.”
The Charlottesville campus shooting as a reminder of a prior criminal incident involving a concealed weapon violation and a high-profile player from South Carolina
The shooting at the Charlottesville campus is also one of nearly 600 mass shootings in the US this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which like CNN tallies cases in which at least four people are shot, excluding the shooter.
Longo said that the shelter-in-place alert was lifted about 12 hours after the call. The campus had over 500 people sheltered in libraries and classrooms.
“Through the course of the threat assessment team’s investigation, we learned of a prior criminal incident involving a concealed weapon violation that occurred outside the city of Charlotteville in February of 2021,” Longo said, adding the suspect was required to report that incident to the university but never did. The school’s judicial council took over the case, and the results are pending.
One of the top wide receiver in Virginia this year was Lavel Davis Jr., a junior from South Carolina. In his first year with the team, Davis was the team’s primary deep threat as a 6-foot-7-inch wide receiver, as he caught 16 catches for 361 yards and two touchdown and had a 23.2 yards per catch average.
D’Sean Perry, a junior linebacker, has played in 15 games over the last three seasons. On Saturday against Pittsburgh, he tallied two tackles in the 37-7 loss. The parents of the young man who was killed in a shooting last month thanked the South Florida and Virginia communities in a statement.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/us/university-of-virginia-shooting-tuesday/index.html
Michael Hollins, Sr., told The Post he shot himself in the back and missed out on the day he died
The father of Michael Hollins told The Washington Post his son had been shot in the back and had a bullet in his stomach. Hollins Sr. told the Post he’s expected to recover.