
Man who shot and killed University of Virginia football players sentenced to 5 life terms
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Former University of Virginia student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. was sentenced to five life terms, plus 23 years, for murdering three football players in 2022.
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Last year, Jones pleaded guilty to the murder of D'Sean Perry, Lavel Davis Jr. and Devin Chandler, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and five counts of use of a gun in the commission of a felony. A fourth team member, Mike Hollins, and another student, Marlee Morgan, sustained injuries.













