
Williams said the athletics department – along with the football team and staff – will make the decision on whether to play on Saturday. The Cavaliers are also scheduled to play a game against Coastal Carolina on Saturday. He went on to describe them, calling Chandler “the life of the party,” Davis “the big man on campus” and Perry “the quiet guy everyone wanted to know about.”įather of ex-UVA football player accused of shooting 3 students speaks out and D’Sean Perry left three enormous holes on a team that felt more like family than anything, the coach said. The deaths of players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. “Today was much better, we were able to transition from the pain to finding a little bit of joy in celebrating the lives of Lavel, D’Sean and Devin,” Elliott said. “I’m ready for somebody to pinch me and wake me up and say this didn’t happen,” Elliott said, speaking publicly for the first time since three of his players were fatally shot late Sunday.

The latest revelations come just hours after University of Virginia head coach Tony Elliott spoke publicly for the first time since the shooting, describing the last 24 hours as a nightmare. He is expected to appear in Albemarle General District Court Wednesday for a bond hearing, court records show. Since his arrest, Jones was transferred from Henrico County to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail on Tuesday afternoon.


Jones was arrested Monday morning and faces three charges of second-degree murder and three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony, UVA Police Chief Timothy Longo Sr. Christopher Jones was arrested Monday in connection with the shooting.
