classroom. to an nbc news exclusive. we re hearing this morning from the parents of the victim of another school shooting. the parents of university of virginia football player deshawn perry are speaking out for the first time since the shooting one month ago. nbc s kerry sanders joins me now with that interview. kerry, what message do they want to share about their son? reporter: it is extremely difficult for them to sit down, four weeks after what happened here. they have joined a club that they never wanted to join. more than 300 people a year are shot in the united states. more than 100 are shot and killed. now, their son, who was a bright star in the family has been shot and killed, along with two others who were shot and killed, also members of the university of virginia football team. and two other students. they were all on a bus returning from an extra credit field trip to washington, d.c. and as you ll hear, the mother s anguish is a message of don t let this continue in
a former university of virginia football player is not in custody. investigators, family and friends try to understand what led up to such a violent night during a class field trip as a community mourns at their tragi loss. university of virginia students at local residents coming together for a vegetable monday night. at three uva students on football players that a jam are lead viel they venture junior and and deshawn parry were starting killed on a charter bu returning from a class trip sunday night. two other players were hospitalized with gunshot wound according to authorities of the class saw a play in washington dc and had just returned to campus when the shooting took place. twenty-two -year-old uba studen christopher darnell jones junio was arrested about 80 miles awa in richmond after a 12 hour manhunt and has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder.
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ainsley: a former university of virginia football player is in police custody after officials say that he killed three current football players and wounded two others on the school s main campus late sunday night. christopher darnell jones jr. had been on the school s radar for possible links to weapons violations and hazing. virginia s attorney general jason office working with the federal and state law enforcement to assist with this investigation and he joins us now. good morning to you, mr. attorney general. good morning to you all. thanks for having me. ainsley: thanks for coming on. out of all of the articles i have read, no one explains how this actually happened it. happened in a parking garage sunday night around 10:30. was he on the bus on this field trip with the football players or did he drive into the parking garage? well, right now, everybody in charlottesville just has questions. which is natural. and right now it s the midst of the investigation. so we are goin
university of virginia students told to shelter in place while the police search for the suspect on an on-campus shooting. no word yet on any entries after shots rang out. the campus garage late last night, the university of virginia football player was last on the team in 2018 did not play any games. authorities say the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. the battle for house majority is coming down to the wire as republicans pick up another key state. ashley: jackie ibanez has the latest, jackie. good morning ladies the republicans inching towards house majority is the district picks up the g.o.p. win. as it stands now, once in that seat is still left in play and 19 seats remain up for grabs in the house. it comes as republican lori chavis beats republic jamie macleod scanner flipping the fifth district seat read for the first time since 1997.