just taking more than a moment and then he explained that he was praying. the suspect christopher jones junior, 22 years old at the university of virginia has been caught. he is in custody. we don t know all of the details of that arrest. what we did learn were just more details about the students who perished. the three football players and what we did learn was more about the scene. we learned that from the president of the university. but also the idea that their threat assessment team with some detail there had known about this suspect prior because of things that had happened since he was a freshman in 2018. and was on the football team, although i can find no records of him ever playing, actually playing a game. the suspect was on the football team as a freshman. they knew he had had issues. i have so many more questions than maybe were those reporters of the scene would have started.
in addition to our local state and federal partners, the talents and skills of our colleagues in the medical center who have been with us throughout this journey and will remain with us for the two students that we have there seeking treatment, we deeply appreciate their efforts as well. we ve secured arrest warrants for mr. jones. charged him with three counts of second degree murder and charged him with three counts of using a handgun in the commission of a felony. those facts and circumstances were reviewed by a judicial officer and the charges that were proffered. there comes a point in time those charges need to be amended and certain facts and circumstances arise that will cause us to do that we ll do it. but through the advice and counsel of our commonwealth attorney to the extent federal law applies.
be considered dangerous and treated accordingly. i want to share some information with you because i want to be transparent with you. i want you to know what i know to the extent i can share that information this afternoon. mr. jones came to the attention of the university of virginia s threat assessment team in the fall of 2022. in fact, in september of 2022 our office of student affairs reported to the multidisciplinary threat assessment team that mr. jones they received information that mr. jones had made a comment about possessing a gun to a person that was unaffiliated with the university. a third party. that reporting person, again unaffiliated with the university, to the best of our knowledge never saw the gun.
we re not releasing information about the patients who are still in the hospital at this time. [inaudible question]. i can t speak for student affairs. the university police department had no contact with this. the university police department is one of many people on the multidisciplinary threat assessment team and provide some of the background with respect to individuals to come before that team. to my knowledge we did not have any contact with mr. jones with regard to that incident. my understanding ballpark about 25. [[inaudible question]. don t know how he got away or how it was he fled the scene. i don t have information with
the comment about mr. jones owning a gun was not made in conjunction with any threats. the office of student affairs followed up with the reporting person and made efforts to contact mr. jones. in fact, they followed up with mr. jones roommate, who did not report seeing the presence of a weapon. pardon me. thank you, captain. we just received information the suspect is in custody.