Prosecutor: Witness told police UVA suspect targeted victims
Associated PressThe AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A witness who saw a University of Virginia student open fire onboard a bus returning from a field trip told police the gunman targeted specific victims — many of them football players — shooting one as he slept, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday. “It’s good to see friendly faces, but I think everyone is trying to feel normal again in the face of all the adversity.” Caden Kennedy, a second-year student, said many students returned to classes, “but there are some people who are home and need to be home.” “I think the university itself is very aware of the fact that not everyone is ready to return,” Kennedy said. During Wednesday’s court hearing, Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney James Hingeley gave a brief accounting of what police say happened Sunday night after officers responded to a report of shots fired near a parking garage. The university initially said its student affairs office had escalated Jones’ case in late October to the University Judiciary Committee, a student-run body that could have enacted disciplinary action.
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