those individuals and some homes nearby have been evacuated within a one-mile radius of the incident. you see that thick, black smoke coming from the area there. it s a result of the 18 wheeler and its explosion then setting off a chain reaction of smaller blasts. we re working to get more details on workers who were injured at this refinery facility again in san antonio, texas, about 100 employees were there and authorities are trying to account for all of them. new details emerging about the murder of a university of virginia student. 22-year-old yaerdly love a player on the women s lacrosse team was found dead in her apartment. police say she was face down on her pillow lying in a pool of blood. she had bruises on her face and her right eye was swollen shut. police describe her as a victim of blunt force trauma. police have charged her ex-boyfriend. he is a men s lacrosse star at the university as well. his name is george huguely with first-degree murder. nbc s jeff rossen is foll
its beautiful views and southern charm has now lost a beautiful young woman in a murder as ugly as it gets. it s really sad because she s in the prime of her life when it ended and her family and friends are going to have to deal with that. so so sad. many say it just didn t feed to happen. the question now is, does the lacrosse season go on for the men and women? it s a huge part of the culture here. the men s lacrosse team ranked number one in the country. the women s lacrosse team where yardley love was a member of ranked number four in the country. so the university said it s up to yardley s parents why the kids would play on this season. apparently late last night they decided yes, yardley s parents want the kids to keep playing. jeff rossen with the latest on the investigation in charlottesville, virginia. let s do our political trivia. the two senators from which state were born within four days of each other? the state is hawaii. the senators are daniel i knew
university of virginia lacrosse player accused of beating to death his ex-girlfriend who was on the women s lacrosse team. brand new reports details some of the evidence collected from this man s apartment. he is charles hugly. t-shirt with a suspicious red stain. police say the man killed 22-year-old yardly love after kicking in her bedroom door and slamming her head against a wall. his lawyer calls it an accident with tragic outrun. we are also learning had a serious run in with police. he had a struggle with a female officer in what the cops called a drunken rage. listen. we did end up on the ground at one point. i told him stop resisting. he needed to comply with my orders. he was only making the situation worse. he became more aggressive, more physical toward me. started calling me several other terms that i m not going to state now. shepard: shep again, that was two years ago. for that incident the suspect got a suspended sentence.
welcome back. we are learning disturbing details about how a university of virginia student was killed. police found 22-year-old yeardley love a player on the women s lacrosse team dead in her apartment, face down on a pillow in her blood. her face was bruised, her eye swollen shut. she was the victim of blunt force trauma. love s former boyfriend, men s lacrosse player george huguely charged with first degree murder. nbc s jeff rossen following developments for us at the uv campus in charlottesville. jeff, have authorities talked more about this couple and their relationship? were there ald signs of violence in the past? reporter: police are saying, look, within the first couple of hours after she was found murdered they went right after him and had him in custody. they have recovered her computer
that has rocked a college campus. a star lacrosse player accused of killing a member of the women s lacrosse team. we ll get the latest on that. also, continuing coverage of this morning s breaking news. an arrest in the times square attempted bombing. next on morning joe. it s rollback time at walmart,