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University of Virginia Holds Memorial for Shooting Victims


The crowd laughed as Elijah Gaines, a full-back on the team, told stories of how much Mr Davis loved his hometown of Ridgeville, SC, “making it sound like the ‘biggest city in the world’ gender'”. Mr. Gaines recalled the time he discovered the tattoo “187” on Mr. Davis’ arm and asked him if it was the Ridgeville area code. “No, that’s my exit,” Mr. Davis said, referring to the highway shortcut in that town.

Dr. Williams, recounting stories told to her by relatives of students, described a video of Mr Chandler as a 10-year-old dancing alone in a parking lot. She said: “His rhythm was questionable, but his confidence was never questioned. About Mr. Davis, she said that he always goes to church when visiting family and insists on sitting in the first row even though his frame is 1.87m tall, to make sure he hears every word. And Mr. Perry, who wore a red Power Ranger costume for Halloween as a child, “didn’t take it off until after Thanksgiving.”

The service comes at the end of a violent week for universities across the country. Four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in a house near the school’s campus in Moscow in the early morning hours of November 12. No suspects were arrested. And on Saturday, authorities in New Mexico were investigating the murder of a 19-year-old man earlier that afternoon on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

The Charlottesville service itself was held amid a threatening email related to the event that school officials said they received around midday. But police said they had implemented enhanced security measures at the arena and the show went on without interruption.

Throughout the week, other University of Virginia sports teams honored the fallen players: The basketball team warmed up with jerseys. bear the names of the victims. and swimming and diving teams marked their bodies with player’s uniform number: 1, 15 and 41.

Saturday was supposed to be the football team’s final home game of the season against Coastal Carolina, but the game was canceled on Wednesday. In a show of solidarity, former University of Virginia football coaches now at other schools – including Robert Anae and Jason Beck at Syracuse University, Nick Howell at Vanderbilt and Kelly Poppinga at Boise State – stood on the sidelines of their matches wearing the Virginia soccer jerseys instead of their own college uniforms.

During an episode of his weekly podcast that aired Friday night, former Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall joined Virginia’s current coaches in expressing grief over the team’s loss.

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