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Saturday 3 March 2018
Police: Student kills 2 at Central Michigan University

By ED WHITE but had been shedding A student, Tyler Whipple,
MIKE HOUSEHOLDER certain clothes while on the was driving through cam-
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. run. pus when his route was
(AP) — Police in camou- The search was focused blocked off by police cars
flage uniforms searched on Mount Pleasant neigh- at the scene of the killings.
house-to-house near the borhoods near campus. He had to catch a flight to
campus of Central Michi- Officers in camouflage Florida.
gan University on Friday for knocked on doors and "These roads are kind of
a student suspected of fa- checked possible hiding spooky right now," Whipple
tally shooting two people places, such as yards and said.
at a dormitory and then porches. In the surrounding The school posted an alert
fleeing into the neighbor- community, students and Friday morning on social
hood. staff in the Mount Pleasant media about shots being
Police released a photo of school district were told not fired at Campbell Hall. An
James Eric Davis Jr., urg- to leave nine buildings. automated phone mes-
ing the public to call 911 if Klaus said Davis was taken sage also was sent to stu-
they see him but also warn- to a hospital Thursday night dents.
ing that the 19-year-old by campus police because Halie Byron, 20, said she
shouldn't be confronted. of a drug-related health locked herself in her off-
The campus was locked problem, possibly an over- campus house, about a
down, and students and dose. No other details were 10-minute walk from Camp-
staff were told to find shel- released. bell Hall. She had planned
ter. Davis is from Plainfield, Il- to run errands before trav-
"He should be considered linois, and graduated from eling home to the Detroit
armed and dangerous," Central High School in area. "It's scary thinking
campus police Lt. Larry This undated photo provided by Central Michigan University 2016, said Tom Hernandez, about how easy a shooter
Klaus said. shows James Eric Davis Jr., who police identified as the shoot- a spokesman for Plainfield can come into a college
The shooting occurred ing suspect at a Central Michigan University residence hall on School District 202. campus anywhere — a
around 8:30 a.m. at Camp- Friday, March 2, 2018. Investigators said neither victim was a The shooting occurred on classroom, a library. There's
bell Hall, a residence hall at student and described the shooting as a "family-type domestic the last day of classes be- so much easy access," By-
situation."
Central Michigan, which is (Courtesy of Central Michigan University via AP) fore a weeklong break. ron said. In the surrounding
about 70 miles (112.6 kilo- Parents who were trying to community, students and
meters) north of Lansing. dents. him up for spring break. pick up students were told staff in the Mount Pleasant
Police described the shoot- Police declined to confirm Klaus said video at the instead to go to a local ho- school district were told not
ing as a "family-type do- news reports that said Davis dorm suggests Davis fled tel where staff would assist to leave nine buildings. Visi-
mestic situation" and said had fatally shot his parents on foot after the shooting. them while the manhunt tors also weren't being al-
the victims were not stu- when they came to pick He was wearing a hoodie was ongoing. lowed to enter.q

Report: Order for perimeter came after school shooting ended

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — A shooting, according to which showed that Capt. procedure call for armed sociation called for more
sheriff's office captain told documents obtained by Jan Jordan gave the order law enforcement officers transparency in the inves-
deputies to form a perim- the Miami Herald. for deputies to establish a to confront shooters imme- tigation in a Miami Herald
eter instead of confronting The newspaper reported perimeter. diately rather than secure report Friday , saying Israel
the gunman at a Florida late Thursday that it had An earlier report on the call a scene. He has blasted should release all surveil-
high school where 17 peo- obtained a partial Broward logs published by Fox News Deputy Scot Peterson, the lance videos, audio re-
ple were killed in a mass Sheriff's Office dispatch log, showed that the shooting school's resource officer, cordings and dispatch logs
at Marjory Stoneman Doug- for not entering the school documenting the law en-
las High School would have building while 19-year-old forcement response to the
been over by the time Jor- former student Nikolas Cruz school.
dan gave her order. was shooting. “Our deputies are being
Paradise in the Caribbean However, the log may raise Israel told CNN that Coral called cowards in public,
fresh questions about the Springs Police were the first even if they had nothing
department's handling of law enforcement officers to do with (the shooting re-
the mass shooting on Feb. to enter the building, about sponse),” said Jeff Bell.
14, including whether po- four minutes after Cruz left “The deputies on the street
lice could have gone in the school. are the ones taking the
sooner to help the wound- Peterson resigned and has heat.” q
ed. defended his actions.
"If detectives had answers The sheriff's office has not
to all of the questions, then responded to requests for
there would be no need for the logs from The Associat-
an investigation," sheriff's ed Press. The agency and
office spokeswoman Veda the Florida Department of
Coleman-Wright wrote in Law Enforcement are in-
an email to the Herald late vestigating the actions of
Thursday. officers responding to the
Sheriff Scott Israel has said shooting.
his office's training and na- The head of the Broward
SALES OFFICE +297 2801005 info@leventaruba.com
MOBILE +297 5927275 www.leventaruba.com tionwide active-shooter Sheriff’s Office Deputies As-