An ex-United States college football player has been arrested on Monday, November 14, and charged with murder after 3 players of the present University of Virginia team were shot dead at the school a few hours’ drive shy, of the US capital.
This latest outburst of campus gun violence is coming as 4 people were found dead in a different incident close to the University of Idaho.
The shooting had occurred on a bus while students were coming back from a field trip, according to UVA president Jim Ryan, who said all the dead members were of the
Additionally, 2 other students were injured, Ryan, the UVA president said, and one out of the two was in critical condition.
The White House sent its condolences to families of the victims of the “senseless shooting” and called on Congress to pass stricter gun control laws.