Three dead in University of Virginia shooting.searching for suspects

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CHARLOTTEVILLE, Va. — Police were dispatched Monday to search for students suspected of the attack in a deadly shooting in a University of Virginia parking lot, officials said. said.

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On Monday, the day after the shooting, the Charlottesville campus appeared deserted as school classes were canceled and authorities searched for suspects.

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In a letter to the university posted on social media, Ryan said the shooting occurred around 10:30 pm on Sunday.

The university’s emergency management issued an alert Sunday night to notify the campus community of “active assault firearms.” The message warned students to seek shelter in the area following reports of shootings on Carbreth Road, on the campus’s northern outskirts.

On Monday morning, access to the shooting site was blocked by police vehicles. The city and campus were much quieter than usual, with very little traffic and dog walkers.

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The UVA Police Department posted a notice online that multiple law enforcement agencies, including state police, were searching for a suspect deemed “armed and dangerous.”

In a letter to the campus, the university president said Jones was suspected of committing the shooting, saying he was a student and was still on the run Monday morning.

“This is a message that I hope no leader should ever send, and I am devastated that this violence has come to the University of Virginia,” Ryan wrote. “This is a traumatic incident for everyone in our community.”

Shortly before 7 a.m. Monday, the university’s emergency management Twitter account said a “complete search of UVA Grounds and its surroundings” was underway by law enforcement agencies, urging people on campus to evacuate. urged me to continue.

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Eva Slovel, 21, editor-in-chief of the student newspaper Cavalier Daily, ran to the parking lot after students received warnings that a shooting was taking place late Sunday night, but police said he saw it blocked by When she went to a nearby intersection, she was told to evacuate there.

“The police told me the shooter was nearby and I needed to get home as soon as possible,” she said.

She waited with other reporters to find out more, then went back to her room and set to work. She sank under the weight of the situation.

“My generation is certainly one that grew up in generalized gun violence, but when it’s your own community, it’s not easy,” she said.

The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau said agents were available on campus to assist with the investigation.

— The Associated Press News Research Center contributed to this report.