Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. received the maximum sentence of five life terms for killing three University of Virginia football players on a charter bus in 2022.

A Virginia judge on Friday handed down five life sentences to former University of Virginia student Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., closing a wrenching week of testimony nearly two years after a shooting that devastated the Cavaliers' football program and the broader campus community.

A former University of Virginia student was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the campus in 2022.

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Though Virginia Tech football's 2025 season has been a struggle, hope for a more fortuitous future is on the rise. Several recruits are viewing Blacksburg with more optimism after the hire of new Hokies head coach James Franklin on Nov. 17. On3 Steve's Wiltfong had this to say on Virginia Tech's recruiting efforts:

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