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Friends and neighbors of the suspect have said they are shocked by the shooting and that Davis Jr was a good kid from a loving family. The shooting occurred and Davis fled. The person of interest was named by the university as James Eric Davis, Jr., 19. 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. Central Michigan University police Lt. Larry Klaus identified the suspect as James Eric Davis Jr., a black man who was 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighed 135 pounds. University spokeswoman Heather Smith says 19-year-old James Eric Davis Jr. also faces a felony weapons charge. "He's been with us since 1999," said Bellwood Mayor . Yeagley said it was part of the ongoing investigation. She posted photos of her three children too: Two sons and a daughter. pic.twitter.com/cTIqKOsOX4, Jessica Dupnack (@JDupnackFOX2) March 2, 2018, Students are being shuttled to the Comfort Inn, 2424 S. Mission St., to meet with families (Photo Credit: Jordan McGee). James Eric Davis Jr., 20, faced two homicide charges and one firearm felony charge relating to the death of his parents, James Davis Sr. and Diva Davis, on the morning of March 2 on CMU's campus. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. 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. You dont have to stress no more mom an dad i love you?? Crazy how me, you, Mike and Justin was just together before we went back to school? James Eric Davis Jr. was apprehended following a nearly daylong manhunt after his parents, James Eric Davis Sr. and Diva Davis, were found shot to death the morning of March 2. Judge Paul Chamberlain ordered Davis held . . She had planned to run errands before traveling home to the Detroit area. At first, CMU Campus Police Lt. Larry Klaus declined to say if the victims were Davis parents, he described it as a domestic incident, adding notifications needed to be made first. The university also wrote, Central Michigan University police confirm two individuals were fatally shot at Campbell Hall on campus this morning. When asked by Chamberlain if he understood the charges or was able to hear the judge, Davis Jr. quietly responded 'yes.'. Powered by. Market data provided by Factset. James Eric Davis Jr. appeared via video from his hospital bed for the hearing in Isabella County court, where his bond for murder and gun charges was lowered to $1.125 million from $3 million. Other posts showed scenes from London, Puerto Rico, and Times Square in New York City. My mood all day pic.twitter.com/snw2euwpEP. On Friday morning, the parents . Throughout these exchanges, Yeagley said, Davis was not making sense, saying someone had a warrant for him for murder and had a gun. By . The shooting at Central Michigan University today strikes close to home. In the 1990s, he also served as a provincial prosecutor in Windsor, Ontario. 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. The suspect, James Eric Davis Jr. is now in custody. This is so incredibly out of character, something went wrong somewhere.'. At a press conference held shortly before noon Friday it was confirmed two non-students were dead and Davis was the suspect. The person of interest is James Eric Davis, Jr. Police allowed Davis to return to his dorm, but said when he continued behaving erratically they asked Davis to call his parents and spoke to them on the phone. 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. Pleasant Department of Public Safety posted a message to residents on Twitter asking them to shelter in place and not try to find Davis: Please do not actively search for the suspect or engage anyone matching the description of the suspect. All rights reserved (About Us). A day before the shooting Davis had been admitted to a local hospital for evaluation after campus police said he was behaving erratically. Police examined video from the elevator and found Davis and the other person laughing and, Yeagley said, appeared to have a good relationship. Police saw no crime. "It's scary thinking about how easy a shooter can come into a college campus anywhere -- a classroom, a library. When that happens, the defendant is sentenced to prison, but receives treatment to ideally make them psychologically well, Greenwood said. She wrote on a post about Belgium, You cant come to Brussels without eating a Belgium waffle. In 2013, she posted from Philadelphia, writing, Happy Independence Day! Davis Jr. did appear confused when asked if he wanted court-appointed defense attorney Joshua Blanchard to represent him. What a super person!, On her Facebook page, Diva Davis posted graphics revealing that she was a breast cancer survivor. He is charged with murder in the Friday slayings of James Davis Sr, 48, and Diva Davis, 47. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. James Eric Davis Jr, 19, had his bond lowered from $3million to $1.25million after he was arraigned via video in the shooting deaths of his parents, James Davis Sr and Diva Davis in Michigan Friday. 12:30 p.m. UPDATE . Shannon Antinori contributed to this reporting. Police have arrested James Eric Davis Jr., identified as the suspect in two fatal shootings at Central Michigan University on Friday. In the surrounding community, students and staff in the Mount Pleasant school district were told not to leave nine buildings. (@CMUniversity) March 2, 2018. The officer tried to calm him but Davis insisted he saw a gun. 1 of 3 James Eric Davis, Jr. Show More Show Less 2 of 3 Law enforcement officers search a wooded area for a suspect involved in a shooting at a Central Michigan University residence hall on Friday, March 2, 2018 in Mt. Jonn Lilyea | March 3, 2018. He was last see wearing mustard yellow jeans and a blue hoodie. He is a black male, approximately 19 years of age, 5'10" and 135 lbs. PLAINFIELD, IL A Plainfield teen accused of killing his parents in his Central Michigan University dorm room last March is not guilty by reason of insanity, the Chicago Tribune reports. Campus police believe the shooting "started from a domestic situation," the university said in a statement. Central Michigan University wrote on its website, Multiple police agencies more than 100 officers continue to search for the suspect. pic.twitter.com/hCHssPYnWU. Police have revealed the alleged victims of shooting suspect James Eric Davis Jr., a sophomore at Central Michigan University, according to WILX. James Eric Davis Jr. was under guard at a hospital and will be moved to a jail once he's discharged. If you actually knew James, this comes as a surprise. His wife was a survivor of Stage 4 Breast Cancer, overcoming all odds to beat the disease, Junior was a very respectful man, raised by upstanding parents, who would do anything to protect him and his siblings. There's so much easy access," Byron said. A heartbreaking social media post by the brother of James Eric Davis Jr., the man who police say shot his parents to death inside of his Central Michigan University dorm room Friday is asking for compassion and support for his younger brother. The person of interest is James Eric Davis, Jr. The person of interest was named by the university as James Eric Davis, Jr., 19. Treating Me Right #Gelato pic.twitter.com/kLhedaB43C, In San Diego today pic.twitter.com/FNlWUKwRYB, Decent day trip City Of Brotherly Love pic.twitter.com/JNJah12obQ, We Livin Life. Davis said someone had a gun and was after him. However, the moment escalated into tragedy when the couple was shot and killed; police allege that the couples son is a person of interest in the double shooting in a campus dormitory. Updated on March 3, 2018, 4:55 pmPosted on March 3, 2018, 1:26 am. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. 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All planned campus events and activities are cancelled until further notice. So lets pay it forward!! All rights reserved. The school posted to their Facebook on Friday morning about 9.30am, telling students to shelter in place and avoid the area around Campbell Hall while classes were cancelled for the day. On Thursday night, Klaus said Davis suffered what officers believed was a drug overdose or a bad reaction to drugs and he was taken to a hospital. 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. They were his parents. In 2016 he posted images from high school. A man wrote, Just worked a 4 day with Diva that ended tuesday. Personally, and on behalf of Mayor Andre F. Harvey, the Village Trustees, the Bellwood Police Department, and all the residents of the Village of Bellwood, I extend my sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of James E. Davis Sr. and his wife Diva Davis on the heels of their tragic and untimely death on the campus of Central Michigan University. The task before the defense, then, is to prove the defendant was insane, rather than for the prosecution to prove the defendant was sane. A 19-year-old student accused of killing his parents inside his Central Michigan University dorm room last week was arraigned from his hospital bed. Get the Android Weather app from Google Play, Oh, Baby! To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. "Someone could simply become competent through medication," he said. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. Deantre DeYoung, who knew the person of interest in high school, described the parents to The Lansing State Journal as being loving and caring about him, and they were always on top of what he did school-wise., He added to the newspaper, Whatever situation went down between them, it has to be more than him being a bad person because, as a family, they loved each other. Davis, Jr. is a sophomore at Central Michigan University. Yeagley detailed what occured the night before. 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. Campus surveillance cameras showed Davis walking from the parking lot to his dorm building with a gun the morning of the killings, police said. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. The family is from the Chicago suburb of Plainfield, where Davis Sr. was a part-time police officer. The paper also posted a video with student living in the dorm where Davis murdered his parents. And his posts also show he did a lot of traveling in the summer of 2017. CMU police confirm two individuals were fatally shot at Campbell Hall on campus this morning. Reports said there were shots fired at a residence hall, and cops first described this as a "domestic . When buying cowboy boots, there are a few aspects to consider, such as how far up they go on your legs and their design. Davis Jr.s parents had come to the university Friday to pick up their son from the hospital and take him back to their hometown in Illinois for Spring Break. 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 [] A day before the shooting, Davis had gone to campus police saying he believed someone meant to harm him. By Associated Press and Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com, Published: 13:23 EST, 7 March 2018 | Updated: 14:14 EST, 7 March 2018. "Basically, they're saying at 15 months, 'He's not competent now and we don't think in the immediate future that we can make him competent,'" he said. Friday morning shortly before 9 a.m., CMU students began tweeting about a shooting in a residence hall on campus. Facebook Live screenshotCentral Michigan Campus Police Chief William Yeagley provides an update on the double murder on the campus Friday morning. Some time later, university police and administrators posted an altert for students to stay put. He had a special message to 'the media and opinionated people': 'Please don't make a villain out of my brotherthat is NOT who he is and despite the circumstances, he also lost a mother and fatherAnd I LOVE him. A couple times a week hed stop over by my dorm and hang out with my roommates and me. In such cases, defendants undergo treatment until Forensic Center staff deem they are no longer a danger to themselves or others. MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) A 19-year-old student accused of killing his parents inside a Central Michigan University dorm room will make his first court appearance. The deceased are not students and police believe the situation started from a domestic situation. People that know Davis cant wrap their heads around what he did. By Chamberlain if he wanted court-appointed defense attorney Joshua Blanchard to represent him to home yeagley said it was two. Request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these items... 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