NORFOLK, Va. — The University of Virginia has scheduled a public memorial for three football players killed during an on-campus shooting as support continues to pour in from far and wide.
UVA president Jim Ryan announced the memorial in a video message to the university community Wednesday night, saying the tribute at John Paul Jones Arena will begin at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and be livestreamed online.
“I hope you are taking care of yourselves, taking it easy on yourselves and leaning on each other,” Ryan said. “You have been through an extraordinarily difficult experience, including the loss of three students and the injuries to two others, but also a 12-hour ordeal of sheltering in place — and the fear and uncertainty that attended each one of those hours, whether you are a student, faculty, staff member or parent.”
