Near the scene of the shooting, police discovered an additional handgun. Details revealed Thursday fill in some of the blanks about the number of firearms Jones had at the time of the shooting.

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Three football players were killed in the shooting — Devin Chandler, De’Sean Perry and Lavelle Davis Jr. Two others were injured, Michael Hollins and Marlee Morgan. Hollins, who was treated for life-threatening injuries, was upgraded to good condition. Morgan suffered non-life threatening injuries.

“The employees had no qualms about the sale of the firearms to Mr. Jones or they would not have allowed the sale to be completed and the firearms to be transferred,” the store manager told The Times-Dispatch. On Monday morning, while the gunman was at large, Virginia State Police Special Agent BD Tuggle obtained a search warrant for Jones’ room in Bice Hall, an eight-story residential building near the South Lawn. According to the search warrant, Tuggle found a Ruger AR-556 – a type of semi-automatic rifle – and a Smith & Wesson Model 39 pistol. Also inside the room were two full or nearly full 30-round AR magazines, a box of Winchester .223 ammunition , a pair of Glock 9mm magazines and a separate 9mm bullet. It is unclear whether the magazines were empty or full. Tuggle also found various firearms items: a binary trigger, an optical sight, a red dot sight, fiberglass gloves, a safety spring assembly on a rifle, a holster and a back strap. A binary trigger, which is designed to increase the rate of fire of a semi-automatic rifle, is legal in Virginia. The federal government has banned similar devices, such as bump stocks. Charlottesville Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Moore approved the search warrant at 8:20 a.m. on Monday, about three hours before Jones was arrested in Henrico County. Jones, who turned 23 on Thursday, legally bought the rifle and a 9mm Glock 45 pistol this year from Dance’s Sporting Goods in Colonial Heights, the store owner said. Police have not said if the Glock was the weapon found at the scene. On Thursday, police confirmed various media reports that Jones traveled with 21 other students and professor Theresa M. Davis on Sunday via chartered bus to Washington to attend a performance at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. After the production, the group had dinner at a Washington restaurant before returning to campus around 10:15 p.m. Devin Chandler (from left), Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry were killed in a shooting Sunday. University of Virginia Athletics via AP When the bus stopped at the Culbreth Garage and students began to stand up, Jones revealed a firearm and began shooting, police said. As he exited the bus, he shot more people and fled on foot. In his black Dodge Durango, he drove about 80 miles east toward eastern Henrico County, police said. Around 11 a.m. Monday, police saw his car and conducted a traffic stop in the 5700 block of Edgelawn Street. They said he was arrested without incident. Police have not determined where Jones went during the more than 12 hours they were looking for him, but he attended nearby Varina High School. Officials are not saying what prompted Jones to open fire. “At this stage of the investigation, state police are unable to comment on Jones’ motive behind the shooting,” said Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller. Relatives of Jones told the media that he was bullied at school. Ryan Lynch, a UVA student who was on the bus, heard Jones comment to Davis, “You guys always confuse me.” But that comment didn’t make sense to Lynch because she hadn’t seen Jones interact with the victims for most of the day. Two of the victims — Chandler, 20, a sophomore from Huntersville, NC, and Perry, 22, a senior from Miami — died at the scene. The Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney said earlier this week that Chandler was shot in his sleep. Davis, a 20-year-old junior from Dorchester, was taken to UVa Medical Center, where he died from his injuries. The remains of the three men were taken to the Medical Examiner for an autopsy. Jones appeared via video link at a hearing Wednesday and is being held without bond. He faces three counts of second-degree murder, two counts of malicious wounding and use of a firearm to commit a felony. UVa will conduct an external review, led by Attorney General Jason Miyares, of its investigation into Jones, in which the school never referred its case to the judicial committee. It is not clear why. Miyares will lead the review at the request of UVa and its board of trustees. Christopher Darnell Jones is pictured in a Times-Dispatch photo from 2018. While UVa tried to speak with Jones as part of the investigation, he refused to cooperate, school spokesman Brian Coy said. It is unclear what efforts were made to reach him. “We are calling for an external review of the university’s interactions with the suspect and whether we did everything we could to prevent or avoid this tragedy,” said UVa President Jim Ryan. “This will probably take a while, but we will share and act on what we eventually learn.” A memorial service will be held Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena, in place of the football game, which UVa canceled Wednesday. The memorial service is scheduled to be broadcast live on the ACC Network. Banners outside the Phi Kappa Psi house at the University of Virginia commemorate Lavel Davis Jr., D’Sean Perry and Devin Chandler. ALEXA WELCH EDLUND/TIMES-MISSION The event is open to all visitors and will be streamed live. The university has offered support and advice to students, many of whom were forced to shelter in place for 12 hours while the gunman was at large. Additional assistance was offered to the students on the bus where the shootings occurred and to those associated with the victims. Ryan said it’s possible the community will never know a single cause for the shooting. “We may also never really understand why this happened,” Ryan said. “But whatever we learn, we will share.” On the floor of the U.S. House, U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., on Thursday honored the lives of three University of Virginia students who were shot and killed Sunday.

On Thursday, Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-7th, honored the lives of Davis, Chandler and Perry on the floor of the House of Representatives. Spanberger, a UVa graduate, called them selfless, curious and determined to make the university and the state a stronger place. “Please join me in remembering their lives, honoring their memories and standing strong as their families grieve,” she said. Close…