{"id":55145,"date":"2018-03-03T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T07:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=55145"},"modified":"2018-03-03T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T07:32:26","slug":"college-student-kills-parents-at-michigan-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=55145","title":{"rendered":"College student kills parents at Michigan University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Detroit March 3 (TNS):<\/strong> A student at Central Michigan University suspected of shooting to death his parents inside a campus dormitory during a domestic dispute on Friday was still at large, authorities said, and the campus remained largely shut down.<\/p>\n<p>The two victims were found inside a residence hall at the university in Mount Pleasant, about 125 miles (200 km) northwest of Detroit, said Lieutenant Larry Klaus of the university\u2019s police force.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The person of interest is James Eric Davis, Jr. He is a black male, approximately 19 years of age, 5&#8217;10&#8221; &amp; 135 lbs. He was last see wearing mustard yellow jeans and a blue hoodie. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. Do not approach the suspect. Call 911 immediately. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dCChxe1Tfr\">pic.twitter.com\/dCChxe1Tfr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 City of Mt. Pleasant (@MtPleasantMI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MtPleasantMI\/status\/969623388238082050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>University and police officials identified the suspect as 19-year-old James Eric Davis Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an isolated incident, but we had two people that were killed in a residence facility. That\u2019s traumatic,\u201d Michigan Governor Rick Snyder said at a news conference hours after the Friday morning shooting.\u201cWe will not stop until we resolve that issue and (have) caught this person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-55150 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ct-photos-central-michigan-university-dorm-shooting-20180302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ct-photos-central-michigan-university-dorm-shooting-20180302.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ct-photos-central-michigan-university-dorm-shooting-20180302-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ct-photos-central-michigan-university-dorm-shooting-20180302-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ct-photos-central-michigan-university-dorm-shooting-20180302-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Davis had been taken to a local hospital on Thursday night after an apparent overdose or\u201cbad reaction to drugs,\u201d Klaus told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The two victims were James Davis Sr. and Diva Davis, both 47, university officials said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>James Davis Sr. was a police officer in Bellwood, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, Emanuel Chris Welch, an Illinois state lawmaker, said in a post on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting led authorities to order a lockdown of the campus, which has more than 20,000 students, and police also warned Mount Pleasant residents to be on guard.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday afternoon, police began escorting people who wanted to leave the campus, but all events were canceled until further notice and Saturday classes were called off, university officials said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The incident came just over two weeks after 17 students and educators were killed by a 19-year-old gunman with an assault-style rifle at a Florida high school.<\/p>\n<p>Davis was considered armed and dangerous, officials said. Local and state authorities were assisting campus police in investigating the shooting and searching for the gunman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we do not know where he is,\u201d Klaus told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Police in patrol cars and helicopters scoured an area of apartments north of the campus, according to video posted online by reporters on the scene. TNS\/Reuters<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit March 3 (TNS): A student at Central Michigan University suspected of shooting to death his parents inside a campus dormitory during a domestic dispute on Friday was still at large, authorities said, and the campus remained largely shut down. 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