03-03-2018, 03:49 PM
Suspect in CMU Double Murder Arrested
LE held a press conference and announced that the Central Michigan University shooter was apprehended this morning. He was taken into custody after a nearly 24-hour manhunt.
100 police officers were searching for suspect James Eric Davis Jr after he shot his parents in a dorm room yesterday morning and fled on foot.
He was located only about a mile from campus after someone on a train spotted him near the tracks and alerted LE. It's not clear yet if he was there the whole time and police somehow missed him.
Police say Davis Jr had contact them with them the night before when he claimed someone who he'd ridden in an elevator with on campus was a threat to his life and wanted to kill him, but couldn't tell them why and wasn't making much sense.
Police visited the male named as a threat by Davis Jr. and determined he was no threat to Davis Jr or anyone else. Surveillance showed the two together in the elevator; laughing and comfortable.
Police took Davis Jr. to a local hospital for evaluation. They believed his strange behavior might be due to drugs. The hospital released Davis Jr. the next morning, Friday.
Police checked on him and Davis Jr. said that he was fine. They called his parents who were concerned and said they were on their way to pick up their son and take him home to Illinois for Spring Break.
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LE held a press conference and announced that the Central Michigan University shooter was apprehended this morning. He was taken into custody after a nearly 24-hour manhunt.
100 police officers were searching for suspect James Eric Davis Jr after he shot his parents in a dorm room yesterday morning and fled on foot.
He was located only about a mile from campus after someone on a train spotted him near the tracks and alerted LE. It's not clear yet if he was there the whole time and police somehow missed him.
Police say Davis Jr had contact them with them the night before when he claimed someone who he'd ridden in an elevator with on campus was a threat to his life and wanted to kill him, but couldn't tell them why and wasn't making much sense.
Police visited the male named as a threat by Davis Jr. and determined he was no threat to Davis Jr or anyone else. Surveillance showed the two together in the elevator; laughing and comfortable.
Police took Davis Jr. to a local hospital for evaluation. They believed his strange behavior might be due to drugs. The hospital released Davis Jr. the next morning, Friday.
Police checked on him and Davis Jr. said that he was fine. They called his parents who were concerned and said they were on their way to pick up their son and take him home to Illinois for Spring Break.
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