UVA shooting suspect shot one victim while he was sleeping, appeared to be "aiming at certain people," prosecutor says
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A witness who saw a University of Virginia student open fire on a bus returning from a field trip described to police how the gunman targeted specific victims — many of them football players — shooting one of them as he slept, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday. The details emerged during the suspect's first court appearance.
Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney James Hingeley said a witness who was shown a photo of the shooting suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., identified him as the gunman. The violence Sunday night left three football players dead and one player and another student wounded.
The suspect, a former football player, appeared by video link from a local jail for Wednesday's court hearing. He did not enter a plea to the numerous charges he faces and said he plans to hire an attorney. A judge ordered him held without bond and appointed a public defender to represent him until he secures private counsel.
