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UVA Bus Shooting: Sentencing Hearing Continues With Survivor Testimony

Prosecutors seek a life sentence following his 2024 guilty plea.

Overview

  • Day two featured testimony from survivor Marlee Morgan, who described hearing gunfire on the bus and the lasting trauma from her injuries.
  • The five-day sentencing hearing began Monday in Charlottesville and is scheduled to run through Friday.
  • Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. pleaded guilty in 2024 to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, and five firearm charges.
  • The 2022 attack killed UVA football players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D'Sean Perry and wounded Mike Hollins and Marlee Morgan.
  • Authorities have not released a motive, and a witness told police Jones targeted specific victims.