Lavel Davis Jr. was a 20-year-old wide receiver for the University of Virginia football team, originally from Ridgeville, South Carolina. His life ended on the night of November 13, 2022, in Charlottesville when a fellow student and former football player, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., opened fire on a charter bus returning to campus from a class trip to Washington, D.C.

Davis and teammates Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry sustained fatal gunshot wounds to the head. Two other students on the bus were wounded and survived. A witness said Jones pushed Davis shortly before the shooting and made a remark about being messed with, then produced a handgun and began firing. Davis was taken to the UVA Medical Center, where he died. The attack led to a large manhunt and a 12-hour lockdown of the university; Jones, then 22, was arrested the following day in suburban Richmond and charged with multiple counts, including murder.

Anyone who was on the trip, saw the bus arrive that night, or has information about interactions on the trip is asked to come forward.