3 killed in University of Virginia shooting, 4 dead at University of Idaho in suspected homicides

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Three people were shot dead and two wounded Sunday night at a parking garage on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, police said Sunday night. University police identified a student, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., as the suspect and issued a shelter-in-place advisory that was still in effect Monday morning. Earlier Sunday, police in Moscow, Idaho, found four University of Idaho students dead at a house off campus and said they are investigating the deaths as homicides.

Monday classes were canceled at both universities.

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None of the victims at either university have been identified as police contact their families.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.