Shots fired: Update 10:43 a.m.
Central Michigan University police confirm two individuals were fatally shot at Campbell Hall on campus this morning. The deceased are not students and police believe the situation started from a domestic situation.
There are no additional injuries.
Campus is on lockdown as the suspect is still at large.
The person of interest is James Eric Davis, Jr. He is a black male, approximately 19 years of age, 5’10” and 135 lbs.
Those planning to come to campus today to pick up students for spring break should stay off campus until further notice. Please go to the Comfort Inn, 2424 S. Mission St. University staff will be on site to support the families.
CMU police are working closely with local and state police.
Continue to monitor this page and CMU's social media channels for updates.
The Western Michigan at Central Michigan men's basketball game scheduled for this evening has been postponed, CMU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Michael Alford said.
The game will be rescheduled and details will be announced once they are confirmed.
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(CNN) Two people were fatally shot Friday after a gunman opened fire at Campbell Hall dormitory at Central Michigan University, campus police said.
James Eric Davis Jr., 19, was identified as a suspect in what campus police believe was a domestic dispute. It was the nation's 12th school shooting this year.
Last seen wearing mustard yellow jeans and a blue hoodie, the suspect was still at large and considered armed and dangerous, according to police.
People were advised "to take shelter," law enforcement and school officials said.
The shooting happened about 8:30 a.m. Friday on the dorm's fourth floor.
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A gunman fatally shot two people at a Central Michigan University residence hall on Friday morning, sending police officers swarming to the campus and setting off a search for the shooter.
The episode rattled nerves at Central Michigan, where details of the shooting were released slowly. The shooting came just over two weeks after 17 people were killed at a high school in Parkland, Fla., and amid a national conversation about gun control and gun rights. On the Central Michigan campus, in Mount Pleasant, about 150 miles northwest of Detroit, students were told to shelter in place or stay off campus. All public buildings and schools in Mount Pleasant were placed in lockdowns.
University officials said the two victims were not students, and that the incident appeared to be domestic in nature. City police officers were seeking a 19-year-old who they warned was “armed and dangerous.”
The search for the shooter was continuing late Friday morning.
Sgt. Jim Ciochetto of the Michigan State Police said state troopers, local police, university police and sheriff’s deputies were at the scene, and the State Police crime lab was on its way. Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were also traveling to the crime scene, and Michigan’s governor and attorney general said they were following the situation.
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Updated 2:15 p.m.
Central Michigan University officials revealed that the student suspected of killing two people on campus had been taken to a local hospital the previous night, and was released about an hour before Friday morning's shooting.
Authorities identified James Eric Davis Jr., a sophomore at the university as the shooting suspect. They released a photo of the 19-year-old, who remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.
In a press conference, authorities said Davis was hospitalized for a "drug-related incident" and was released at 8 a.m.
His parents arrived on campus Friday to pick him up for the beginning of the school's Spring Break. The shooting occurred at 9 a.m.
University police said the victims were shot at Campbell Hall, a coed dormitory. "The deceased are not students and police believe the situation started from a domestic situation," the university tweeted. It said there are no additional injuries.
The campus is on lockdown as local and state officials continue to search for the alleged gunman.
The Mt. Pleasant Public Safety Office released a statement identifying the shooter as a teenage black male wearing yellow jeans and a blue hooded sweatshirt.
Reporter Mike Horace of NPR member station WCMU says that parents showing up to pick up students before Spring Break are being redirected to a hotel near campus while police continue the search for Davis.
The university is located in Mt. Pleasant, a town of about 26,000 people about an hour north of Lansing.
All of Isabella County's schools are also on lockdown, according to the Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun, which reports that state police have sent a tactical team and a helicopter to look for the suspect.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder tweeted that he was in contact with state police as they learned more about the incident.
"The priority right now is the safety of those still on campus and I thank all first responders involved for their swift action," he wrote.
