CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The University of Virginia's scheduled game for this Saturday against Coastal Carolina has been canceled.
This decision comes after a gunman took the lives of three football players and injured two other students at a parking garage at UVA. The suspect, UVA student Christopher Darnell Jones, was taken into custody off campus.
Tony Elliott, the head coach of UVA's football team, described the team's mood after meeting with them.
"I think it's important that we all grieve,” he said. “I mean these are outstanding young men that we don't understand why they're gone so early and I think that it's honorable that we grieve these young men but also to we have to keep it in perspective and make sure that we take this pain that we're feeling and try to find a way to turn it into passion and motivation one day at a time."
The shooting resulted in the deaths of three members of the UVA team – Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry.
They were shot and killed after returning from a field trip to Washington D.C. on Sunday night, sending shockwaves across the country.
WTVR reported that running back Mike Hollins underwent two surgeries following Sunday’s incident.
The game would have been UVA's final home game of the 2022 season.
The department has not yet decided if UVA will participate in its final game of the season, a Nov. 26 (Saturday) date against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.
Ticket refund information for the Coastal Carolina game will be issued at a later time.
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