UVA will pay 9 million to the families of shooting victims, including three football players
The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement reached with the families of the victims of a 2022 campus shooting that killed three university football players and wounded two other students.
The school will pay $2 million each to the families of D’Sean Perry, Devin Chandler, and Lavel Davis Jr., the maximum allowed under Virginia law.
A total of $3 million will also be paid to the two students who were wounded — Mike Hollins, a fourth member of the football team, and Marlee Morgan.
On Nov. 14, 2022, the victims were all shot on a bus that had returned to UVA grounds following a class field trip to see a play in Washington.
Hours after the shooting, police in Henrico County took 22-year-old Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. into custody. He was charged with three counts of second-degree murder, two counts of malicious wounding, and other gun-related charges.
Please keep the UVA families in your prayers.
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