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University of Virginia students hold moment of silence for victims of fatal shooting
By Ethan Stone
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University of Virginia students held a powerful moment of silence for 3 fallen fellow students following a shooting on a school field trip Sunday.
The 3 victims were all members of the University of Virginia football team, including former Wisconsin receiver Devin Chandler. The other 2 members of the team who passed in the shooting were D’Sean Perry and Lavel Davis Jr. All 3 were juniors for the Cavaliers.
This is a moving and somber scene.
Thousands of Virginia students gathered on the school’s South Lawn in a moment of silence for three students who were fatally shot and two additional students who were injured in an on-campus shooting Sunday night 🙏🏾 https://t.co/Fz7vyr4FO2
[🎥: @RossDellenger] pic.twitter.com/s0dvJJI0O7— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 15, 2022
The alleged shooter in the incident has been taken into custody as of Monday afternoon. He was a former walk-on for the Cavaliers football program.
A pair of other students were injured in the shooting, 1 of which was confirmed to be Virginia running back Mike Hollins, per On3 Sports. According to Hollins’ father, he is expected to recover.
Ethan Stone was an editor for his student newspaper at the University of Tennessee and is now a News Manager for Saturday Tradition.