The man who shot and killed three Virginia football players three years ago was sentenced to five life sentences plus 23 years on Friday in Charlottesville, Va.

Ending a weeklong sentencing hearing, Judge Cheryl Higgins gave Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. the maximum penalty for the murders of Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry on Nov. 13, 2022.

Jones pleaded guilty last year to three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and five counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Football player Mike Hollins and track athlete Marlee Morgan were both wounded in the attack.

“I’m so sorry. I caused so much pain,” Jones said in a courtroom apology following closing arguments, according to local reports.

Jones and the victims had ret

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