UVA mass shooting

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Anonymous wrote:Shooter was on roster in 2018. So no longer a student there?

You can go to a college for more than 4 years. 5 or 6 year graduation is not rare at all.
It can be even longer.

So a football player killed three other football players.
Looks like a targetted mass shooting.

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Did the shooting occur on or off campus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did the shooting occur on or off campus?

On

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https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/accused-uva-gunman-christopher-darnell-jones-jr-was-on-polices-radar-since-september/

Article title says a lot. Suspect on police radar since September

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Anonymous wrote:https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/accused-uva-gunman-christopher-darnell-jones-jr-was-on-polices-radar-since-september/

Article title says a lot. Suspect on police radar since September

Shooters always seem to be known to police

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Anonymous wrote:That school was 100% off our list years ago. Not sure why any parent would send their kid to that awful town. My youngest really wanted to go to UVA. I told him he could if he wanted to pay for it himself. We would not support it. That reality was enough to change his mind.

Don’t make this about you.

It’s not about me. It’s about keeping my kids as safe as possible. That town is a disaster.

The world is a disaster. Let us know where this magical place is where your kids—ahem, adults—will be perfectly safe.

I have five college grads. Four different colleges. Zero serious incidents at any of their schools. We had one scare that turned out to be just rumor. Those parents sent their kids to college trusting that they would be safe. The college and that god-awful town failed. And yes. I’m pi$$ed. Hope the lawsuits end the school as we know it.

NP. I have zero connection to UVA, so no boosterism is behind this: How did the college fail? You know nothing yet about the exact circumstances of the shooting. Unless somehow there was a UVA police officer right there and that officer failed to act? Nothing at all said about that or any other details yet. There is too little known for anyone to pontificate wtih such certainty about any security or other failings, at this point. And if you think colleges, UVA or any other, can truly stop someone who is on campus with a gun, you are incredibly naive or you send your kids to some fortress school. If this had happened inside a building? That's one thing, and building security would be appropriately called to account in that case. But in or at a garage, possibly on board a team bus etc.? What would be the failing there? Are colleges supposed to build walls around their entire campuses and have armed guards at the gates? Or 24/7 armed guards on post at every...garage? You're overreacting dramatically with zero information. Save the fury for when details are known and it's clearer whether there was or wasn't a specific security breach. -- parent of a senior at another college, BTW.

People want to believe that they have a lot of control over their safety. PP would like to believe she did all the right things to protect her children because the idea that random violence can happen anywhere at anytime to anyone is terrifying.

Except this was a targeted attack, not a random act. Most violent crime occurs between people who know each other. The chances of being harmed by a random shooter is practically non-existent. There are better things to worry about.

This time former teammates were targeted. Next time it could be a sorority or a particular math class or science lab or people socializing outdoors on campus. You’re feeling like this wasn’t random violence because it happened to a specific group of people, but anybody could belong to a group that gets targeted.

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Anonymous wrote:Fight? How? What a terrible message to receive.

I work in a synagogue and this is what we are taught. Fight is last resort. The rabbi held hostage in Texas fought. Waited until terrorist got tired and threw a chair at him. That counts as fighting.

Absolutely. Your life is worth fighting for, so fight. Don't stand there or cower and get mowed down. Stand up and fight. You better believe that I will fight if someone is trying to kill me.

I am a UVA alum and I am completely devastated by this tragedy. I am so heartbroken for the deceased and injured players, and their family and friends. They are all in my thoughts and prayers right now.

Fighting is what's recommended when running or hiding are no longer options. And, if you're in a group and are unfortunately confronted by an active shooter, fighting as a group (you go for the head, I go for the knees, so-and-so, you go from behind) increases your chance of survival, and lets others have a chance to run or hide.

[Anonymous]

I have 2 children at UVA and am so heartbroken for the families who lost their children last night. My heart breaks for these families and the trauma that the students, faculty, and administrators are experiencing. Something needs to change with gun laws because these shooting are out of control and happening too often putting people at risk, ending lives, and changing families for ever.

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Anonymous wrote:https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/accused-uva-gunman-christopher-darnell-jones-jr-was-on-polices-radar-since-september/

Article title says a lot. Suspect on police radar since September

Wow, he shot 5 students. He was known to have a prior weapon offence that is a violation of the college's policy. The prior offence was working it's way through the college system.

Read the article.

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Anonymous wrote:https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/accused-uva-gunman-christopher-darnell-jones-jr-was-on-polices-radar-since-september/

Article title says a lot. Suspect on police radar since September

Wow, a failure to report a concealed weapons violation in February 2021 and it’s November 2022 and they were still adjudicating?

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Anonymous wrote:https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/accused-uva-gunman-christopher-darnell-jones-jr-was-on-polices-radar-since-september/

Article title says a lot. Suspect on police radar since September

Wow, a failure to report a concealed weapons violation in February 2021 and it’s November 2022 and they were still adjudicating?

I think the incident itself was 2021 but not sure when that was reported to the school.

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Anonymous wrote:https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/accused-uva-gunman-christopher-darnell-jones-jr-was-on-polices-radar-since-september/

Article title says a lot. Suspect on police radar since September

Wow, a failure to report a concealed weapons violation in February 2021 and it’s November 2022 and they were still adjudicating?

I think the incident itself was 2021 but not sure when that was reported to the school.

They found it when they were trying to investigate the hazing incident.

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My heart breaks for the families of these young men. It is such a tragic senseless loss. Their parents must have been so proud of their athletic and academic achievements. What a terrible waste.

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Anonymous wrote:My heart breaks for the families of these young men. It is such a tragic senseless loss. Their parents must have been so proud of their athletic and academic achievements. What a terrible waste.

x1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did the shooting occur on or off campus?

In a parking garage on campus