A shooting near the University of Virginia parking garage killed three people, injured two others on Monday.
Classes at the university were canceled following the violence Sunday night, and the Charlottesville campus was unusually quiet as authorities searched for the suspect, who University of Virginia President Jim Ryan identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr, reports AP.
In a letter to the university posted on social media, Ryan said the shooting happened around 10:30 pm Sunday.
The university’s emergency management issued an alert Sunday night notifying the campus community of an “active attacker firearm.”
It warned students to shelter in place following a report of shots fired on Culbreth Road on the northern outskirts of campus.
Access to the shooting scene was blocked by police vehicles Monday morning.
Authorities urged students to shelter in place and helicopters could be heard overhead as a smattering of traffic and dog-walkers made their way around campus.
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