The hearing is scheduled to last five days.

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. pleaded guilty in November 2024 to three counts of first-degree murder, five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and two counts of aggravated malicious wounding.

He faces up to five life sentences plus 23 years.

Jones, a former member of the university's football team, opened fire on a charter bus as he and other students arrived back on campus after seeing a play and having dinner together in Washington, D.C.

Football players Lavel Davis Jr., DSean Perry and Devin Chandler were killed, while a fourth member of the team, Michael Hollins, and another student, Marlee Morgan, were wounded.

In his opening statement, Albemarle County Commonwealth's Attorney James M. Hingeley began with a quote f

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