Virginia attorney general appoints special counsel to review University of Virginia deadly shooting
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares will appoint a special counsel to review the shooting at the University of Virginia that claimed three lives.
"The Attorney General will work with deliberate speed while ensuring that all necessary resources remain devoted to the criminal investigation being conducted by state and local authorities," she said in a statement. Memorial flowers and notes line walkway at Scott Stadium after three football players were killed in a shooting on the grounds of the University of Virginia. The Virginia Attorney General's Office will launch a probe into the response and events that led to the shooting. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) University of Virginia Athletic Director Carla Williams, left, and head football coach, Tony Elliott, right, speak to the media during a press conference concerning the killing of three football players as well as the wounding of two others at the University of Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) University of Virginia students participate in a vigil Monday night in response to shootings that happened on campus the night before in Charlottesville. (Mike Kropf/The Daily Progress via AP) Students and community members gather for a candlelight vigil. (Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) Memorial flowers and stuffed animals line walkway at Scott Stadium after three football players were killed in a shooting on the grounds of the University of Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
The university wrote a letter to Miyares requesting the probe of the school staff and police response to the Sunday shooting in which Christopher Darnell Jones, a University of Virginia ex-football player, is accused of killing three other players on a charter bus upon returning from a class field trip.
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