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Student was behaving strangely before shooting
A 19-year-old student suspected of fatally shooting his parents at a Central Michigan University dormitory had been acting so strangely the day before the killings that campus police talked to his mother and then took him to a hospital for suspected drug abuse, authorities said Saturday.
University Police Chief Bill Yeagley told reporters that James Eric Davis Jr.’s parents had just picked him up from that hospital and brought him to his dorm to pack up for spring break when Friday’s shooting happened. He said the gun used in the shooting belonged to Davis’ father, James Davis Sr., a part-time police officer in the Chicago suburb of Bellwood.
Davis Jr. has been charged with two counts of murder and a weapons charge in the shootings, a university spokeswoman said Saturday.
He remained under guard Saturday at a hospital where he was taken following his arrest, but will be moved to the Isabella County jail when he’s discharged, Yeagley said. Man commits suicide outside the White House
A man committed suicide outside the White House on Saturday, sparking panic and sending parts of the nation’s capital into lockdown.
The Secret Service first said it was responding to reports of a self-inflicted shooting along the White House’s north fence around noon.
The sound of gunfire echoed across the grounds and reporters said they were told to stay inside the White House. Video taken near the presidential residence showed crowds of people running away from the area as Metropolitan Police raced toward the scene.
President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time. He spent the night at Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach estate.
Streets surrounding the White House were closed and tourists were kept at bay as police cordoned off a large part of Pennsylvania Avenue across from Lafayette Square.
The local police said later that an “adult male has been declared deceased. We are working to notify next of kin.”
No other injuries were reported.