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UVA Shooter Sentenced to Life for Tragic Bus Attack

11/24/2025

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  • A judge sentenced former University of Virginia student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. to life in prison for the 2022 shooting that killed three UVA football players and wounded two others.
  • Judge Cheryl Higgins imposed the maximum sentence after five days of testimony.
  • The shooting occurred on a charter bus returning to campus from a dinner in Washington, D.C., prompting a 12-hour lockdown.
  • Jones pleaded guilty and expressed remorse.