(City of Mount Pleasant). Its so surreal, Im in shock and even in denial its a hard pill to swallow, a heavy load to bear,' Russell wrote. Police said Davis was armed and dangerous. The victims have been identified as Davis . Authorities believe he shot both parents to death. My mood all day pic.twitter.com/snw2euwpEP. @IanFluffy pic.twitter.com/w8Q0jGmrnN, James Davis (@HesoGod) October 30, 2016. Investigators say the couple was helping their son pack for spring break when they were shot with a gun that belonged to Davis Sr. Theyd picked their son up that morning from a hospital where he was taken for evaluation after police said he was acting erratically. Those planning to come to campus today to pick up students for spring break . James Eric Davis Jr., 19, allegedly shot and killed his mother and father inside of a residence hall at Central Michigan University before fleeing, leading to a manhunt. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. 'Junior was a very respectful man, raised by upstanding parents, who would do anything to protect him and his siblings,' longtime family friend Jordan Murphy said. Keep calm. James Eric Davis Jr. was found incompetent, Father's Gun Used By Campus Shooting Suspect From Plainfield: CMU, 'Don't Make A Villain' Of Plainfield Shooting Suspect: Brother, Children, Left Without Parents, Helped By GoFundMe Page, Plainfield Parents Mourned By Police, Mayor After CMU Shooting, Eric was honored in Washington D.C. by President George W. Bush. Police had been searching since Friday morning for the teen. James Eric Davis Jr. was under guard at a hospital and will be moved to a jail once he's discharged. Police located the person Davis had been riding in an elevator with and began to question the person. 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To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. Video surveillance showed student James Eric Davis Jr., 19, carrying the gun in a parking lot and it was also seen by a witness, according to CMU Police Chief Bill Yeagley, who spoke at a news . Davis Sr. was a part-time officer with Bellwood Police Department, a village near Chicago, and had been a longtime member of the Illinois Army National Guard and served in the Iraq War. Also, fellas check yourself also, if you feel a knot or lump on or around your breast get it checked out. Hours after James Eric Davis Jr. allegedly shot and killed his parents in his room on the fourth-floor of a Central Michigan University dorm, police said Friday they don't . Police said it was against university policy for Davis Sr. to have brought the firearm on campus without a permit, despite the fact that he was a police officer, albeit in an Illinois jurisdiction. My sincerest condolences go out to the family of Bellwood Police Officer James Davis Sr. and his wife who were shot and killed this morning. Jonn Lilyea | March 3, 2018. Do not sell or share my personal information. Davis faces . "Someone could simply become competent through medication," he said. . When a defendant is found not guilty by reason of insanity, he or she can again be referred to the Forensic Center for indefinite treatment. / CBS/AP. Consider that!, wrote Russell Matthew Davis on his Facebook page. He is a black male, approximately 19 years of age, 5'10" & 135 lbs. He was last see wearing mustard yellow jeans and a blue hoodie. Shooter is confirmed to be a student. Friday's shooting caused chaos at the small college town in Michigan. At 1:15 a.m. Friday, campus officers, dealing with another issue, saw Davis with suitcases and bags in the dorm hallway and asked him Whats wrong? CMU Police Chief William Yeagley said Davis was found cold hypothermic and not making sense just north of the campus standing near the railroad tracks. Davis Jr. is said to have shot his parents, Diva Davis, 47, and James Eric Davis Sr., 48, inside his dorm room in Campbell Hall at Central early Friday morning as [] Police asked how he knew this and Davis said, he just had a feeling I just know. Yeagley said Davis was vague, unclear and confused. Article content Police search for 19-year-old suspect James Eric Davis Jr. in local neighbourhoods after a fatal shooting at Central Michigan University's Campbell Hall, on Friday, March 2, 2018 . Insanity,under Michigan law,meansa person lacks the capacity to know right from wrong or act in accordance with the law. After the murders, Davis fled, sparking a 16-hour manhunt before he was spotted by an employee on a train on the CMU campus. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. and last updated 4:17 AM, Mar 05, 2018. According to dispatchers, James Eric Davis, Jr., suspected of killing his parents in a dorm room on the university's campus, was captured by police around 12:50 a.m. Saturday. On March 23, Isabella County Chief Judge Paul H. Chamberlainsigned an order declaring Davis incompetent to participate in court proceedings. We have the professionals you need. Legal Statement. The university also wrote, Central Michigan University police confirm two individuals were fatally shot at Campbell Hall on campus this morning. Please dont make a villain of my brother that is NOT who he is and despite the circumstances, he also lost a mother and father And I LOVE him. 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In a morning briefing at CMU, police said Davis was arrested after a train employee saw Davis going down the tracks at 12:15 a.m. Saturday March 3 and alerted police. He is considered armed and dangerous. Davis also faces a charge of weapons-felony firearm (possession of a weapon to commit a murder), CMU officials said. Davis' father, James Davis, Sr., was a part-time police officer at the Bellwood Police Department in Illinois, according to reports. He was taken to an area hospital, which he briefly escaped from, before his parents picked him up a few hours before the shooting. Hundreds came to pay their respects to the Plainfield couple allegedly slain by their 19-year-old son, James Eric Davis Jr., in his dorm room March 2. Campus police believe the shooting "started from a domestic situation," the university said in a statement. 09, 2018, 1:30 p.m. James Eric Davis, Jr., from a hospital, is arraigned in the courtroom of Isabella County Circuit Court Judge Paul H. Chamberlain on March 6, 2018. Davis was taken into custody without incident . The suspect in the shooting incident that happened on CMU's campus is now in custody. Throughout these exchanges, Yeagley said, Davis was not making sense, saying someone had a warrant for him for murder and had a gun. MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- Two people who weren't students were fatally shot at a Central Michigan University residence hall on Friday, prompting officials to put the campus on lockdown as police searched for a 19-year-old suspect described as armed and dangerous, officials said. Davis Sr (right) was a police officer in Bellwood, Illinois. Davis, Jr. is a sophomore at Central Michigan University. Russell Matthew Davis, 27, a doctoral divinity student and a member of the Church of God in Christ denomination, announced his parents' death on Facebook and said that he still loved his brother, despite the tragedy. 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James Eric Davis Jr., 20, was arrested after prosecutors say he shot and killed his father James Eric Davis Sr., 48, and his mother Diva, 48, on March 18, 2018. According to police, then-19-year-old James Eric Davis, Jr., shot both his parents using a gun belonging to his father, a Bellwood, Illinois, police officer. MOUNT PLEASANT, MI -- Accused Central Michigan University shooter James E. Davis Jr. has been declared incompetent to stand trial on charges that he murdered his parents. The person of interest is James Eric Davis, Jr. Dressed in a blue hospital gown and hooked to machines monitoring his vital signs at McLaren Central Michigan Hospital, James Eric Davis Jr appeared in Isabella County Trial Court via video Tuesday. They were his parents. CMU has a campus Care Team that helps students with emotional, mental or similar issues and Yeagley said Davis was never reported no negative reports ever.. https://t.co/u0TJ3veL07, Mt. James Eric Davis Jr. is the suspect in the shooting deaths of two people on Central Michigan University's campus. The order appoints the State Department of Mental Health as Davis' medical supervisor providing treatment. This is an incredibly tragic event, and I pray for Erics other children. The Davises resided in Plainfield, Illinois. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. I am in complete shock! You dont have to stress no more mom an dad i love you?? The Associated Press contributed to this report. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. James Eric Davis Jr. then returned to his door room and reportedly shot and killed his parents. If a judge rules the defendant is still incompetent, he or she is sent back to the Forensic Center for more treatment. Central Michigan University has about 23,000 students in Mount Pleasant, which is about 70 miles north of Lansing. Jordyn Hermani (@h3rmani) March 2, 2018 The CMU campus newspaper spoke to students who live in the dorm and . The university, which has about 23,000 students, urged students to take shelter. The couple were killed about 9am at this dorm on the Central Michigan University campus in Mt Pleasant. He was arrested on the evening of March 2, 2018. He is charged with murder in the Friday slayings of James Davis Sr, 48, and Diva Davis, 47. . Diva Davis, 47, and James Eric Davis Sr., 48, drove about four hours from the Chicago area to pick up their son from the hospital, just in time for spring break. "Eric was honored in Washington D.C. by President George W. Bush in December 2008," according to his obituary. According to dispatchers, James Eric Davis, Jr., suspected of killing his parents in a dorm room on the university's campus, was captured by police around 12:50 a.m. Saturday. Yeagley said it was part of the ongoing investigation. ABC News reported on Friday that James Eric Davis Jr., was arrested by authorities, following a nearly . Pleasant. After medical clearance, the UCM sophomore will be taken to the Isabella County Jail. The National Read Across America Day takes place every year on March 2, Geisels birthday. Police officials have not disclosed a suspected motivation for the double slaying. Updated: 5:26 PM EST March 2, 2018. James Eric Davis Sr, Eric, to those of us who knew him, and his wife, were loving, ever present parents, who doted on their children. Davis parents arrived at the hospital at some time during the overnight hours and Friday morning brought Davis back to campus to pack up and return home for spring break, Yeagley said. CMU officials announced the capture of the suspect in an update to a blog post early Saturday, March 3. "He's been with us since 1999," said Bellwood Mayor . Reports said there were shots fired at a residence hall, and cops first described this as a "domestic . Central Michigan U. James Eric Davis Jr., 19, was arrested without incident shortly after midnight Saturday following an intensive daylong manhunt that included more than 100 police officers scouring the campus area . Yeagley said Davis ran up to a dorm community service police officer at 9:45 p.m. Thursday night saying someone was trying to harm him. That just goes to show you really never know what people are going through on the inside. His friends and family said they were shocked when they heard the allegations. Updated on: March 2, 2018 / 7:17 PM The shooting happened on a day when parents were arriving to pick up students for the beginning of a week-long spring break. @HesoGod pic.twitter.com/WPuAzrir4B, Jordan Murphy (@CombatSPHR) March 2, 2018. On Friday, the judge and prosecutor agreed Davis did not understand his actions and agreed to send him to a psychiatric facility where he could remain for the rest of his life, Fox 17 reported. The two people who were killed were not students at CMU. CMU police said Davis' parents arrived at the campus early March 2 to bring him home for spring break after he was taken to a local hospital the night before. At some point in the evening he was transported to McLaren Hospital due to what the officers believed may be a drug-related type incident, an overdose or a bad reaction to drugs. He is a black male, approximately 19 years of age, 5'10" & 135 lbs. If a defendant is found competent before the deadline, the case against him or her continues. The CMU Police Department has identified the victims in this mornings campus shooting as James Eric Davis, Sr., and Diva Jeneen Davis, both 47 years old. Davis is charged with two counts of open murder related to the March 2 shooting deaths of his parents, James Davis Sr. and Diva Davis, as well as one count of felony firearm. There were two people who were fatally shot, but they are not students at the University. We must stay on too of our friends & loved ones. The shots were reported fired at 10:43 a.m. on March 2, 2018. Image via Isabella County Sheriff's Office. So, so sad, wrote one woman. Now a judge has agreed that Davis was suffering from a mental episode when he shot his parents. Detroit junior Leron Stafford was sleeping in his Campbell Hall dorm room on the morning of March 2, ready to leave for Spring Break. James Eric Davis Jr. was arrested without incident after an individual spotted him on a train passing through the north end of campus shortly after midnight, according to a release posted on . He is a black male, 5' 10", 135 lbs and is 19-years-old. Open murder includes both first- and second-degree murder. UPDATES: 4:00 p.m.: This article was updated with additional details that include James Eric Davis Jr. being charged Saturday with the shooting death of his parents. The night before the shooting, Davis Jr. exhibited erratic behavior that police suspected was drug-induced, officials have said. UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as 19-year-old James Eric Davis, Jr. For those of you who dont know this is the shooting that occurred today at Central Michigan University. Hear from an on-campus student living in the complex where the incident took place. Greenwood is not involved with Davis' case. Pleasant DPS (@mtppublicsafety) March 2, 2018, While Davis was at large, the Mt. At a press conference held shortly before noon Friday it was confirmed two non-students were dead and Davis was the suspect. Police have said Davis Jr. then fled Campbell Hall along railroad tracks and, after a 15-hour manhunt, was found a little more than a half mile away and taken into custody. James Eric Davis Sr. and Diva Davis were named as victims in the Central Michigan University shooting. Consider that, wrote his brother Russell Davis, a divinity student. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. 'Never thought Id have to post this type of post but unfortunately the news is true. He was arrested early Saturday following a daylong manhunt. The deceased are not students and police believe the situation started from a domestic situation. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way, Gun used in CMU shooting was registered to suspect's father, CMU police chief says danger to community is now over, Suspected CMU shooter was hospitalized Thursday for 'drug-related' incident. The suspected shooter was identified as James Eric Davis, Jr. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. James Eric Davis Sr., 48, was deployed to serve in "Operation Iraqi Freedom" from 2003 to 2008, continuing to serve in the military as well as as a police officer after his return. Lol. She sometimes posted about religion, writing in 2015, Happy Resurrection Sunday!! Updated on March 3, 2018, 4:55 pmPosted on March 3, 2018, 1:26 am. The parents of James Eric Davis Jr. were preparing to take the Central Michigan University student home for spring break having picked him up from a hospital where he was checked for erratic . Play it now! And a close friend posted a video to Twitter asking for prayers and sharing his shock and confusion about what may have happened this morning; why did Davis kill his parents. He was definitely not one to shy away from having a conversation with one of his friends (Davis) definitely didnt want to be the center of attention in a group of people, but he never had any behaviors that seemed odd or that would make me think that he would be involved in a situation like this.. Officers said he appeared "very frightened" and he spoke about a warrant for his arrest for murder before the shooting even took place. Twitter/Facebook Pleasant Department of the Public Safety said Davis was arrested without incident.. 12:30 p.m. UPDATE . Biden announces aggressive new, Newsfeed Now: Biden to launch new plan against COVID-19, Newsfeed Now: UPS driver spreads joy with TikTok, Newsfeed Now: Families of 14 kids with disabilities, Newsfeed Now: Newborn found inside dresser in alley; Man, Newsfeed Now: Federal student loan payments paused, Newsfeed Now: CDC issues new eviction ban through, Newsfeed Now: Senators unveil nearly $1 trillion, Newsfeed Now: Simone Biles withdraws from all-around, Newsfeed Now: CDC says J&J vaccine poses small nerve, Newsfeed Now: Pfizer seeking authorization for 3rd, Baseball could take over broadcasting of 17 teams, Buydowns can lower mortgage rates. Im thankful for every single thing theyve done for meAll i ask is for everyone to keep me an the rest of my family in your prays.

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