3 Dead and 2 Wounded in University of Virginia Shooting, Manhunt for Ex-Football Player Underway

Police have launched a manhunt after a suspected University of Virginia student shot three people dead and injured two others at the school’s campus in Charlottesville CNN reports.

Authorities are looking for former football player Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., who is believed to be armed. A shelter-in-place alert went out on Sunday evening, and students and faculty on UVA grounds remain under lockdown.

According to police, the shooting site was identified as a garage across from the university’s drama building. A motive in the attack has not been identified, and officials have yet to name the victims or confirm whether they were students or not. Authorities continue to search in and around the university grounds by foot and helicopter.

This story is being updated.