Former UVA Student Faces 20 Years To Life After Pleading Guilty To Killing 3 Football Players On Campus

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.

Former UVA Student Faces 20 Years To Life After Pleading Guilty To Killing 3 Football Players On Campus

Former University of Virginia student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 25, pleaded guilty Wednesday (November 20th) after being charged with the murders of three student-athletes.

Jones’ plea deal included three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

As reported, in 2022 Jones fatally shot football players Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry, and Devin Chandler, and injured several others, after the team arrived back to campus from a trip to Washington, D.C.

 

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A report from the New York Post states that Jones’ plea deal leaves him facing 20 years to life in prison for the first-degree murder charges alone.

At this time no motive has been shared by authorities, and police state there are no indications that Jones personally knew the students killed.

His four-day sentencing hearing is reportedly scheduled to begin on Feb. 4th, 2025.

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