Late Sunday night, a shooting took place on the University of Virginia campus. Christopher Darnell Jones was the suspect, according to UVa police.
Jones apparently attended two high schools in the Richmond region and played football there.
The university’s emergency management department tweeted at 10:42 p.m. that there had been a “ACTIVE ATTACKER firearm reported in area of Culbreth Road.” FIGHT HIDE RUN.
Authorities had not yet announced any probable injuries or fatalities as of 3 a.m. The individual was being sought after by numerous law enforcement organizations, including a Virginia State Police aircraft.
Em Gunter, a 19-year-old UVA sophomore, was watching a lecture in her dorm room at at 10:15 p.m. when she heard six gunshots. Gunter resides at the International Residential College, and from her window, she can overlook Culbreth Road.