On November 13, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, Virginia. The shooting took place on a chartered bus returning from a class trip to Washington, D.C., where students had attended a play about Emmett Till. The perpetrator, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a 22-year-old UVA student, opened fire on the bus near a parking garage on campus, killing three UVA football players—Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D'Sean Perry—and injuring two others, including another football player, Mike Hollins
. Jones was not part of the class but had been invited to join the trip. The shooting appeared targeted, with witnesses reporting Jones yelling "You guys are always messing with me" before opening fire. After the shooting, a shelter-in-place order was issued for about 12 hours while a manhunt for Jones ensued. He was apprehended the next morning in Henrico County and charged with multiple counts, including second-degree murder
. In the aftermath, UVA canceled classes for several days and held vigils and memorials for the victims, with thousands attending a joint service. Several scheduled athletic events were also canceled. The university commissioned external reviews of the incident and its response, which found weaknesses in the university's Threat Assessment Team and highlighted a culture overly deferential to student autonomy. Jones had been known to the Threat Assessment Team prior to the shooting, with reports of a potential gun possession comment and a prior misdemeanor weapons conviction, but no disciplinary action was completed before the shooting
. The incident deeply affected the UVA community and led to ongoing investigations and discussions about campus safety and threat assessment protocols
