A student of the University of Virginia, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. has been accused of shooting three of his classmates to death for unknown reasons.
Darnell is facing multiple charges, including second-degree murder, after he allegedly shot and killed three football players on a charter bus near a parking garage that had returned to campus from a class field trip to Washington, D.C.
Two other students of the University were also injured during the shooting as one of them still remains in a critical condition as of Monday afternoon.
was born in 2000 and he grew up in Virginia and his hometown is Petersburg, a small city about 20 miles south of Richmond. He also spent time in Henrico, a nearby Richmond suburb, where he played on the football team for three years at Varina High School.There he earned honorable mention all-conference his freshman year and second-team accolades the next two years, the website reported.
Darnell was also identified as a star student and he was named Student of the Year his freshman and sophomore year, he was a member of the National Honor Society and the National Technical Honor Society, and he was president of the Key Club and president of the Jobs for Virginia Grads Program.
UVA Shooting: How old is suspect Christopher Darnell Jones Jr?
Darnell’s exact birthdate has not bee specified yet but he is believed to have been born in 2000, hence is is 22 years old.
