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James Eric Davis Sr. & Diva Davis: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

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James Eric Davis Sr. and Diva Davis were named as victims in the Central Michigan University shooting. James Eric Davis Jr. is accused as a person of interest in the killing of his parents.
James Eric Davis Sr., a police officer, and his wife, Diva Davis, a realtor, showed up at Central Michigan University to pick up their son, James Eric Davis Jr. for spring break.
It could have – and should have – unfolded like many other college scenes before it: Two parents, showing up at school, to pick up their son. However, the moment escalated into tragedy when the couple was shot and killed; police allege that the couple’s son is a person of interest in the double shooting in a campus dormitory.
“The CMU Police Department has identified the victims in this morning’s campus shooting as James Eric Davis, Sr., and Diva Jeneen Davis, both 47 years old. The victims are the father and mother of the suspect, who remains at large,” reported Central Michigan University. The person of interest was named by the university as “James Eric Davis, Jr. He is a black male, approximately 19 years of age, 5’10” and 135 lbs.”
Authorities believe he shot both parents to death, according to The Chicago Tribune. He was still at large as of the evening of March 2,2018, the day of the shooting.
The shooting sparked fears of an active shooter throughout the campus community and led to a lockdown.
Here’s what you need to know:
The slain father, James Eric Davis Sr., was a police officer in Bellwood, Illinois. According to The Chicago Tribune, Davis Sr. was a “part-time police officer in west suburban Bellwood and a Illinois National Guard veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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