And I'm sure everyone's still processing this too because it's unfolding senseless.
UVA alum Melanie Britton sharing with so many in Virginia and beyond feel right now. Their days were filled with sadness for the three Virginia football players murdered on campus Sunday night.
You know, my heart goes out to the families first and foremost of these players who have I mean, they've lost their children they've lost their friends,
the suspect is now in custody, but the entire Virginia campus still reeling from hours of lockdown uncertainty and grief over the mass shooting following an off-campus field trip.
a horrific series of events. One that shocks us is Governor Glenn
Younkin, promises state resources for the investigation and the needs of the greater UVA community
right now the job is to pray for and comfort families who have suffered just extraordinary loss and those that are still recovering. Of the many, many students I think who is going to be devastated by this?
While there's still a lot to learn about the surrounding facts. Young Ken says the reaction from law enforcement, university leadership, and the broader campus at the moment, possibly saved lives, and the best thing that everyone could have done and they did was follow the instructions, Shelter in Place, which is what everyone did. And that is such a testament to the faith that people have in the process and system.
As a former college athlete, the governor says he knows the hurt the Cavs football team and its fans must be feeling when they hear the names Lavell Davis Shawn Perry, and Devon Chandler there's just, tremendous camaraderie within the sports teams.
And I know that the coaches and the administration are deeply engaged in just asking everyone to come around them come around those students come around the other students that were impacted come around the entire university. It's a chance for us to come together and pray and support one another.Well, this is what it looked like at the University of Virginia on Monday night, you see large crowds gathered on campus for a vigil to honor the three who died. Monday classes at the university were canceled. The school has also canceled classes today to give students time to mourn and pay their respects
