UVA shooting suspect Christopher Darnell Jones makes first court appearance, prior criminal record revealed
UVA football player victim, Michael Hollins, underwent second surgery, while second survivor, Marlee Morgan, released from hospital
Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., the University of Virginia ex-football player accused of murdering three of his former teammates on a charter bus after returning from a class field trip, made his first court appearance Wednesday after being slapped with additional charges in connection to the two surviving victims.
A day before his 23rd birthday, Jones made his first court appearance via video link in Albemarle County.
The court ordered him held in custody without bail.
Jones was arrested on February 22, 2021, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, for a concealed weapons violation. He was convicted in that case on June 10, 2021. At the time of his arrest, there were outstanding warrants for hit-and-run property damage and reckless driving in Petersburg County.
The case was heard in Petersburg County on October 28, 2021, and Jones was sentenced to 12 months. But the sentences for both cases, from two separate jurisdictions, were suspended, the prosecutor said.
Jones also had been UVA’s threat assessment team’s radar over an alleged criminal incident involving a weapons violation that happened outside Charlottesville, Longo said. He was facing administrative charges for failing to report the matter to the university, as is required of all UVA students.
UVA shooting suspect Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr. is to be arraigned for three counts of murder Wednesday, as well as charges of malicious wounding in relation to the two survivors.
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