(AP) The 19-year-old student suspected of killing his parents at a Central Michigan University dormitory and then running from campus has been apprehended.
Central Michigan’s Emergency Communication says on its website that James Eric Davis Jr. was arrested without incident early Saturday. They say Davis was seen on a train passing through the north end of campus shortly after midnight.
Police say Friday morning’s shooting at Campbell Hall happened when parents were arriving to pick up students for the beginning of a week-long spring break. More than 100 police officers, some heavily armed in camouflage uniforms, had searched neighborhoods near Central Michigan University following the shooting.
The university identified the two dead as Davis mother Diva Davis and father James Davis Sr., a part-time police officer in the Chicago suburb of Bellwood. The shooting occurred at a residence hall at Central Michigan, which is about 70 miles north of Lansing.
Previously reported: More than 100 police officers searched neighborhoods near Central Michigan University on Friday for a 19 year old student suspected of killing his parents at a dormitory and then running from campus.
The shooting at Campbell Hall happened on a day when parents were arriving to pick up students for the beginning of a week-long spring break.
Police released a photo of James Eric Davis Jr., urging the public to call 911 if they see him but also warning that he shouldn’t be confronted. Hours after a campus lockdown, police started a “slow, methodical removal” of staff and students who were ordered to take shelter in campus buildings, Lt. Larry Klaus said.
Previously reported:
Michigan (AP) Central Michigan University officials say the Friday morning shooting occurred at a campus residence hall, and killed two people who weren’t students.
The school says police are searching for a 19-year-old suspect who’s considered armed and dangerous. Students are being told to take shelter.
One student says she locked herself in her off-campus house that’s about a 10-minute walk from the residence hall. She says it’s “scary thinking about how easy a shooter can come into a college campus anywhere.”
The shooting occurred on the last day of classes before spring break.
Students and staff in the Mount Pleasant school district were told not to leave several buildings. Visitors also weren’t being allowed to enter.
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