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LATER Through the stories of students and police, we take a look back at the March 2, 2018 residence hall shooting that changed CMU’s campus forever

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INDEX 12 ‘I have forgiven him’

Davis Jr.’s brother, Russell, discusses life following the shooting, family’s ‘new normal’

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EDITORIAL 04 Still #CMUStrong Emma Dale | Editor-in-Chief

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EDITORIAL

LOOKING BACK

ONE YEAR LATER The student, staff and police response to March 2 shooting made us a stronger, more compassionate campus A year ago, our campus was scared. It was confused. We were mourning the deaths of two people. We were stunned that a shooting happened on our quiet campus, in our close community.

Suddenly, our Central Michigan University was the center of attention for national media. More than 100 police agencies descended on CMU providing help and security.

The killing of James Davis Sr. and Diva Davis by their son, James Eric Davis Jr., on March 2, 2018, was something Chippewas never expected to experience on their campus.

In the time while students were packing – excited to leave for spring break – our campus became home to a tragedy. Because of that day, and how we responded to it as a community, our campus is a stronger, safer, more sensitive place.

What happened that day was devastating. Looking back on that day, we should be proud of how things were handled and coordinated. Our police department, and university, were prepared. They had an emergency response plan in place years before. They had the training. They prepared, as Police Chief Bill Yeagley stated, for when something like that happened rather than if it could happen.

The CMU Police Department and the university did their jobs that day. We’re thankful for that. If

we haven't stated it before, thank you for your response that day.

While CMU and police were prepared for such an emergency, we as students, faculty and staff could be better prepared for when it happens again. On the cmich.edu Emergency Management webpage, there are plans and procedures in place in case of emergencies. The site contains information about what people should do when facing situations such as an active shooter, medical emergency, severe weather, a fire, bomb threat and exposure to hazardous materials.

We urge you to look through these and educate yourself on what to do if you’re ever put in one of these dangerous situations. The next time there is an emergency on campus you might be the person who can make a difference.

The Emergency Management page also gives tips on evacuation and shelter in place, as well as emergency action plans for every building on campus.

Our campus has the resources to ensure safety and pre-planning, so make sure you utilize them.

It is in your best interest to know what to do if this ever happens here.

And like we said on that day, and continue to say: We are #CMUStrong.

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How I feel about the March 2 shooting as a victim of gun violence Emilly Davis Managing Editor

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On March 2, 2018, I spent more than five hours hiding in a dark classroom.

After it was announced that a Central Michigan University student, James Eric Davis Jr., shot and killed his parents before running away to hide somewhere in Mount Pleasant, I wasn’t sure how to feel.

The other students in the classroom with me talked about him, wondering out loud how he could have done what he did. They talked about how scary and messed up the situation was. They talked about how badly they wished they could go home.

As I sat there, listening to those conversations, all I could think about was how terrified and awful Davis Jr. and his family must have been feeling.

When I was 8 years old, my dad was shot and killed by a 15-year-old boy. My family was absolutely devastated, and has been ever since.

As a child, I had this picture in my head of my dad’s killer as this evil, faceless villain. As far as I was concerned, he took my dad away from me. I hated him. However, as I grew older, the way I thought about him began to change.

When I turned 15 years old, the same age he was when he shot my dad at a shoe store, I realized how much I still felt like a child. He probably felt like that, too. I started to think about how lost and confused he must have felt that day. I imagined how alone and terrified he must have felt when he was charged as an adult and sentenced to life in prison.

For the first time, I started to consider how his actions devastated not just my family, but his family as well. Yes, he took my dad away from my family, and that will always be very painful. I won’t ever forgive him for the fact that my grandparents will never be able to hug their son again. But his mom will never see her son outside of a prison’s walls again.

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Emilly Davis works on coverage for the shooting on campus on March 2, 2018 in Moore Hall.

That’s pretty horrible too.

I think about that man’s mother often. She was on my mind all day on March 2, along with the Davis family.

Someone they loved very much did a horrible thing that left them heartbroken and changed their lives forever.

But that doesn’t mean they suddenly stopped loving him. What an awful, confusing feeling that must be.

Over the past year, I’ve thought a lot about Davis Jr.’s siblings, Russell and Alexis. Both of their parents were taken from them in the same day, without any warning. That’s an indescribably painful event for someone to go through. I imagine

they were confused and torn between wanting to be angry at their brother and wanting to grieve with him.

It’s easy for us as a society to see someone who has committed a crime and see them only for that act. We don’t always remember that they have parents, siblings and other people in their lives who care about them and are probably also very hurt by that act.

It’s also important to remember that in many cases, like Davis Jr., people sometimes do awful things when they are not in the right state of mind, often due to a mental illness.

Far too often, mental illnesses go

unnoticed or untreated, leaving that person in a very bad state of mind.

He lost his parents that day, too.

They loved him and supported him, and I believe he wouldn’t have wanted to hurt them if he was in his right mind. He is not a villain. He is a young man who is alone and grieving the loss of his parents because he had a gun when he shouldn’t have. It’s incredibly unfortunate that everything happened the way it did.

I feel so sorry for everything the Davis family has had to endure this past year. My heart goes out to you all. Losing your parent is a heartbreaking, life-altering experience.

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March 2, 2018, changed the CMU community forever.

We look back on that day through the stories of students, staff and police. They shared with us why they think CMU is now stronger than ever.

“The CMU Police Department is responding to a report of shots fired near the fourth floor area of Campbell Hall, again, shots fired near the fourth floor area of Campbell Hall.

Please stay clear of the area.”

On Friday, March 2, 2018, the last day of classes before spring break, Central Michigan University students were preparing to leave campus. Some students, like Evan Ballinger, a Romeo sophomore, skipped morning classes so they leave campus early. Ballinger was in a good mood. He woke up early. He wanted to beat the Spring Break rush.

Ballinger was going to give his buddy a ride back to their hometown.

Mackenzie Brockman

Emergency vehicles gather in response to reports of gunshots March 2, 2018 outside of Campbell Hall.

Troy junior Adie Harig woke up late that morning. She forgot to set an alarm for a 9 a.m. group project meeting. She was texting group members about having to cancel since she wasn’t going to make it to the meeting on time.

Sometime after 8 a.m. Ballinger was packing his car for the trip home when he noticed a student suddenly barrel past him. He made note of the way the man was holding his arm; stiff, against his side as if he was holding something close to his hip. Ballinger thought about making a funny comment to him — it’s “a little early for a run.” After seeing the determined look on the student’s face, Ballinger decided to keep the comment to himself.

After contacting her study group, Harig laid down to go back to sleep. Then she heard four-to-six loud, popping noises. The sounds came from down the hall. She thought it could have been gunshots, but Harig told herself that it couldn’t be.

She was already spooked from spending the night alone in her dorm after her roommates left for Spring Break. Harig calmed

herself down and tried to go back to sleep. She heard a wiggle of her room’s door handle as she drifted off.

Ballinger, who was almost ready to leave the parking lot to pick up his friend and drive home, saw James Eric Davis Jr. leaving the Towers complex. He made note that this was the same student, wearing mustard-colored pants, who had rushed by him before — the student who looked so intense as he walked by him in the parking lot.

Ballinger picked up his phone and received the Central Alert warning about “shots fired” on the fourth floor of Campbell Hall. He texted his friend – “it might be awhile before we leave.”

Police swarmed the Towers parking lot. Ballinger realized that he might have been the last person to see Davis Jr. before the incident. Ballinger approached the nearest officer and said that he might know the guy they are looking for. Ballinger was the one who described Davis Jr.’s pants as “mustard yellow” to police, which became part of the description police used

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Cody Scanlan | Central Michigan Life Armed police officers climb into an armored truck outside Campbell Hall during the shooting at Central Michigan University which left Diva and James Eric Davis, Sr. dead on March 2.

while searching for the shooting suspect.

A banging on the door of her dorm wakened Harig. With her phone on silent, she never heard the Central Alert. When she answered the door, police told her Davis Jr. had just shot and killed both of his parents in Campbell Hall.

“I couldn’t even spell my name (before police questioning),” Harig remembered, after being so shook at the news that two people had been killed just down the hall.

THE NIGHT BEFORE Twenty-four hours before the manhunt for Davis Jr. began, he was the one doing the searching. He was afraid for his life.

A Towers residence police officer met with him. Davis Jr. told the officer that someone was trying to kill him.

Police investigated. Officers determined that no one was trying to hurt him. Hours later, police found Davis Jr. in a Towers hallway with his bags packed. He was ready to leave.

Police questioned him. Officers say they tried to determine why he was behaving erratically. They asked him if he was on drugs. He answered “yes.” The officer asked about whether he

was on marijuana, LSD or mushrooms. According to police, Davis Jr. answered yes to all of them.

The CMU Police Department called his mother, Diva Davis, to inform her they were concerned about Davis Jr. Diva said he was not acting like himself. She agreed that drug use could be causing his unusual behavior.

Police requested an EMS unit. Davis Jr. was taken to MidMichigan Medical Center’s for observation.

“As police, our obligation is to get him there,” said CMUPD Lt. Larry Klaus, explaining police procedure. “As police, we fulfilled our due diligence to try and get that person treatment they need.”

Hours later, CMUPD officers heard on the radio traffic that a young man had broken out of the hospital. They were searching for him near the medical center. By the time CMUPD arrived to the hospital, Davis Jr. had already been apprehended.

His parents were en route to the hospital from Chicago.

They planned on picking him up and trying to determine the source of his erratic behavior. Before heading home, they

wanted to collect his things from his dorm room. The couple arrived after the four-hour drive from the Chicago area early on March 2.

Shortly after picking him up from MidMichigan, the family arrived on campus. Davis Jr. and his father walked to the Towers front desk because the student couldn’t remember which room was his, said Newberry sophomore Shayla Ducsay, who saw Davis Jr. in the lobby that morning.

While his mother and father stayed in his dorm room, Davis Jr. went to his father’s car.

A part-time Bellwood police officer, Davis Sr. kept a handgun in the vehicle. Davis Jr. took his father’s gun, moved past Ballinger and walked through the entrance of the Towers.

Moments later, and for reasons not even he understands, Davis Jr. shot his father and mother to death.

POLICE ARRIVE AT CAMPBELL HALL Mount Pleasant Police Department Officer Jeff Browne was one of the first officers to arrive at the scene. According

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Police sweep the streets of Mount Pleasant in search of James Eric Davis Jr. on March 2, 2018.

to Browne’s police report, when he reached the fourth floor of Campbell Hall, he saw two black students handcuffed and lying on the floor.

When Browne continued to approach the residence hall room, he was informed that there were two bodies in the room and that the shooting suspect fled the scene.

The two handcuffed men were Davis Jr.’s roommates. Both were present during the shooting. They were handcuffed while police secured the scene, which CMUPD Lt. Michael Sienkiewicz said is standard procedure when dealing with an active shooter of unknown identity and whereabouts.

One of the roommates, Brian White, identified Davis Jr. as a “light skinned African-American male” wearing a blue hoodie and yellow pants, according to Browne’s report. Central Michigan Life requested incident reports from CMUPD and MPPD. Both reports, especially CMUPD’s, are heavily redacted and provide only glimpses into witness statements and officer narratives.

Within minutes, MPPD, CMUPD, Michigan State Police and the Isabella County Sheriff’s Department were working the crime scene. By the end of the day, police officers from across Michigan assisted in the manhunt for Davis Jr., includ-

JAMES ERIC DAVIS JR. : March 1 James Eric Davis Jr. approached a Towers officer and claimed that someone was trying to kill him.

Police couldn’t find an immediate threat to Davis Jr. after an investigation.

ing members of the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

CMUPD Capt. Fred Harris was in charge of leading the incident command center. His job included setting up a base of operations that the hundreds of responding officers could use as they searched the campus and surrounding community for the shooting suspect. Harris began coordinating the search in a mobile command center and soon moved the operation to the Isabella County Dispatch. The departments worked together to gather and share information.

As the day went on and Davis Jr. was still at large, officers

March 2 At around 1:30 a.m., Davis Jr. was found looking “disoriented” in the Towers complex with his bags packed. Davis Jr. told police that he was on multiple drugs, including hallucinogens. Police called his mother, Diva Davis, to ask he about her son’s erratic behavior. Police

requested an EMS unit to take Davis Jr. to MidMichigan Medical Center.

Hours later, CMUPD learned a young man who broke out of MidMichigan Medical Center. It was Davis Jr., but when CMUPD arrived at the hospital, Davis Jr. had already been

apprehended.

His parents came to pick him up from the hospital from the Chicago area.

After a four-hour drive, they arrived at the hospital and stopped back at the dorms to collect his belongings.

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Mackenzie Brockman Gov. Rick Snyder and President George Ross speak at a press conference on March 2, 2018.

were given shifts so that the manhunt could continue without interruption. Whiteboards were put in place with key information so that officers just arriving could be quickly briefed and sent on their way.

Later in the day, Gov. Rick Snyder arrived on campus.

“Everyone is working together to do whatever we need to do to (apprehend) this person and then to safely make sure we can get students, faculty and staff home,” Snyder said.

When CMUPD Chief Bill Yeagley learned about the double homicide, he was more than 1,000 miles away on a planned vacation in Florida. Though the news was upsetting, Yeagley knew the CMU community was in good hands thanks to his well-trained staff. Yeagley said he had complete faith in his colleagues and knew they were adequately trained and prepared to handle the situation.

His immediate thought was “how to get back to CMU in order to support them.” Yeagley would be on a flight and back on campus within hours.

“I had no concern about, ‘Are we going to do the right things? Are we going to resolve this?’” Yeagley said. “I just felt bad that I wasn’t here to support and help. But not once did I doubt the outcome.”

SIGHTING ENDS THE SEARCH Moments after the Central Alert was sent warning students and faculty of the shots fired in Campbell Hall, University Communications began fielding hundreds of calls from students, parents as well as local, state, national and even international media outlets. Director of Communications Heather Smith received calls from media outlets such as The Washington Post, New York Times and ABC News. The department was receiving more calls than it was equipped to handle.

Meanwhile, rumors about details involving the shooting were circulating on social media. Erroneous reports were declaring as many as seven people had been shot. University Communications had to act fast and begin rumor control

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An armed officer gives directions during the search for Davis Jr. on March 2, 2018 around Mount Pleasant.

immediately. The department worked closely with CMUPD, Smith said, to get updated information and release it when possible.

“We trust each other’s instincts and expertise,” Smith said.

“We were leaning on each other.”

The tip that lead to Davis Jr.’s location was reported 15 hours later, just after midnight. A Great Lakes Central Railroad employee, who was aware of the manhunt, spotted someone who looked “suspicious” near the railroad tracks and contacted police.

The two officers who sent Davis Jr. to MidMichigan Health Center after requesting an ambulance arrived at the railroad tracks. They recognized the distraught student they met with the night before. Davis Jr. was naked, exhausted

March 2 Before 9 a.m.

March 3

At some point while his parents were in Campbell Hall, Davis Jr. retrieved his father’s handgun from the car. He went back upstairs and shot both of his parents, Diva and James Davis Sr., to death.

Police swarmed the scene within minutes. After arriving, they found two bodies on the ground and recovered a gun. Police started the 15-hour manhunt for Davis Jr.

Just after midnight, police received a tip from a passing train that noticed a “suspicious subject” standing near the railroad tracks.

Within minutes, CMU police arrived and identified the shooting subject as Davis Jr. Police took him into custody.

and freezing.

Less than a hundred feet away from campus, Davis Jr. was walking alone along the railroad tracks that led back to Campbell Hall near Bellows Street.

In an interview, after he was arrested, the officers asked him questions.

“Where were you?”

Davis Jr. said he climbed into a storm drain and fell asleep.

“Where were you going?”

Davis Jr. replied, “I was going home.”

REFLECTING ON EMERGENCY RESPONSE While the day presented many challenges, it also pro-

March 6 Davis Jr. appeared for his Isabella County Trial Court arraignment over video from his hospital bed at McLaren Central Michigan. He was charged with open murder and felony firearm charges. Davis Jr. did not enter a plea.

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Cody Scanlan | Central Michigan Life An armed conservation officer stands guard on the street during the search on March 2, 2018.

vided validation for the emergency plans and training that had been put into place years before. University administrators and CMUPD both agreed that policies and training that were put in place years before, paid off that day when they needed them to. Even small changes provided a major impact as they were responding to the campus crisis.

A few years ago, the CMUPD and all other police departments in Isabella County switched to a new, shared radio frequency. This allowed all other officers arriving from outside police departments and jurisdictions to easily switch over to the same frequency and

April 5 Davis Jr. was found incompetent to stand trial after an evaluation conducted at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry. He was scheduled to be reevaluated.

communicate with each other.

“If we wouldn’t have had that, it would have been a huge cluster mess,” Harris said. “Because everyone would have been in their own silos and we wouldn’t have been able to talk to anybody.”

Yeagley attributed much of the effectiveness of the police search to the fact that officers didn’t also have to communicate with parents. Police were able to focus on the crime scene and manhunt because University Communications was able to field hundreds of calls from students and parents. In addition, Smith said the department helped arrange the use of

Oct. 31 Davis Jr. was declared competent to stand trial by Isabella County Judge Eric Janes. A competency hearing was held the day before.

Parents pick their children after the shooting in Campbell Hall on March 2, 2018.

the Comfort Inn to provide a place for parents waiting to pick up students who were still on lockdown on campus.

Student and faculty cooperation also played a huge role in “what went right” that day, Yeagley said. While Davis Jr.’s location was still unknown, students and faculty listened when they were told to stay put for hours before finally being given the all clear to evacuate campus.

“I can not tell you how much that contributes to keeping people safe and the success of this entire operation,” Yeagley said. “I really, very much appreci-

ate that attitude, response a community.”

The effectiveness of the un to the March 2 shooting vali CMUPD already receives in “There is a series of traini foundation for when it happ when not if,” Yeagley said. “ for the whole thing, each ind responsibilities.”

“We had a lot of things go a little police department we

Jan. 25 Davis Jr. appeared in court and was deemed criminally insane at the time of the incident.

The 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. He was sentenced to be again reevaluated after 60 days to be further diagnosed. Russell, Davis Jr.’s older brother, said he forgave Davis Jr. the first time he was able to speak with him after the incident on March 2.

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nified police response idated the training that many ways, Klaus said. ing set forth to lay that pens, because we always say “Not one guy is responsible dividual has their own

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The casket of James Eric Davis Sr. is carried by officers.

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Klaus said.

University President George Ross spoke at a press conference in the Bovee University Center on March 2 and the next morning. He also released a statement to the community on March 3.

“We talk often about One CMU,” Ross wrote in the statement. “Yesterday, we lived it. Each of you, in your own way, upheld and expanded the strong sense of community that makes Central Michigan University and Mount Pleasant so special.”

WHAT HAPPENED TO DAVIS JR. Four days after the shooting, Davis Jr. was arraigned in Isabella County Trial Court. He appeared in video arraignment with his court-appointed attorney, Josh Blanchard, from his hospital bed where he learned he was being charged with open murder and felony firearm charges.

Funeral services for Diva and Davis Sr. took place March 10 at Broadview Missionary Baptist Church in Broadview, Illinois.

“We had picnics in our backyard,” Julian Leal told the Chicago Tribune, a neighbor of the Davis family.

“I just had a beer with him last week (before March 2).

We talked about our kids who are in college. He was proud of his son.”

On April 5, 2018, Davis Jr. was found incompetent

I just let him know that I loved him. All I could do was be there for him and let him know that I loved him and have forgiven him.

Russell Davis Brother of Davis Jr.

to stand trial after an evaluation conducted at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry. On Oct. 31, 2018, Davis Jr. was declared competent to stand trial by Isabella County Judge Eric Janes following a competency hearing the day before.

On Jan. 25, 2019, Davis Jr. appeared in court and was deemed criminally insane at the time of the incident by Janes. The 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. He was sentenced to be again reevaluated after 60 days to be further diagnosed.

Russell Davis, the eldest of the three Davis siblings, was in court with other family members. He said that he visits his brother at the hospital and speaks with him on the phone. He and his sister Alexis are trying to adjust to life without their mother, father and brother.

“I just let him know that I loved him,” Russell said.

“All I could do was be there for him and let him know that I loved him and have forgiven him.”

PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE Almost 12 months after the double homicide on its campus, CMU is collaborating with other universities to share what it learned responding to the incident and

further develop its emergency action plan.

CMUPD has attended Michigan Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators conference to give presentations and share the insight officers learned through their response with other campus police departments and universities.

Associate Vice President of CMU Facilities Management Jonathan Webb is collecting input to create an improved emergency management plan. Webb encourages all students, faculty and staff to familiarize themselves with the plan so they can be prepared in the event of a future emergency situation.

Even before March 2, CMUPD had taken steps to prevent and minimize the effects of emergencies on campus. Lt. Cameron Wassman hosts presentations for incoming freshmen, their parents and any other groups that request information from CMUPD about what to do in the case of an active shooter.

“Over the last eight or nine years, we’ve reached thousands of (people),” Wassman said. “We need to encourage different groups to reach out to us if they need an in-person presentation.”

Faculty, staff, students or campus groups can request presentation, Wassman said. To schedule training, contact Wassman at wassm1cd@cmich.edu or (989) 774-7696.

Klaus is a member of CMU’s CARE Team, which is a form of Behavioral Intervention Team that receives tips about student mental health concerns and takes steps to connect students with resources that can help.

CMU is ahead of many other universities who don’t have a CARE Team to help students in crisis, he said.

“We’ve got a very robust intervention team that tries to get information and prevent these things from happening,” Klaus said. “There’s a lot that goes on, but you can’t prevent them all.”

Looking back almost a year ago, Yeagley is confident that the training CMUPD had completed prior to March 2 was crucial in how effective their response was.

“Was it perfect? Heck no,” Yeagley said. “But the training and the work these folks have done put us in a position to minimize how terrible this was.”

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Russell Davis: 'I love (Eric) and have forgiven him' After losing mother, father during March 2 shooting, Davis forgives brother

By Dylan Goetz Community Editor news@cm-life.com

On March 2, 2018, Russell Davis lost his mother, Diva Davis, and his father, James Davis Sr., in the shooting that occurred on the fourth floor of Campbell Hall. He was not willing to lose his brother, too.

At about 8:30 a.m., James Eric Davis Jr. shot and killed both of his parents, Diva and Davis Sr. in his residence hall room. He had been acting erratically and told Central Michigan University Police officers that he had been taking drugs. He spent the previous night under observation at MidMichigan Medical Center. His parents discharged Russell’s brother, who is known by friends and family by “Eric,” and were taking him home to the Chicago area.

“It had been about a month or a month and a half (since the incident) before I had the chance to speak with him,” Russell said. “He wasn’t in the right mental state. I just let him know that I loved him.

That is all that I could really say. He knew what happened and what he was facing.

“All I could do was be there for him and let him know that I loved him and have forgiven him.”

On Jan. 25, Isabella County Trial Court Judge Eric Janes found Eric mentally ill at the time of the incident during a competency hearing.

He pleaded “not guilty by reason of insanity” at the hearing.

Russell spoke on the family’s behalf regarding their “new normal” after the incident.

“We are doing well. Has it been hard? Yes,” Russell said. “Despite all of the stuff that has happened we are a family of faith and a family of love. We don’t negate the fact that it happened, but we have also learned that life must move on.”

Russell is getting married later this year to his fiancé, Kathy Newborn. His sister, Alexis, has better grades than ever as she prepares to

Courtesy Photo | Russell Davis

Diva Davis (left) with her children Russell Matthew (center) and Alexis Davis (right).

graduate high school. She is preparing for college, Russell said, but hasn’t decided on which school to attend. Eric is attending church services at the hospital and participates in classes and activities there, too. “(Eric) is trying to keep himself active — he’s doing very well,” Russell said. “Everyone is doing well and just moving on with life. We are accepting our new normal.”

Eric and his family continue to communicate. The family has visited Eric in the hospital many times.

They often get to speak with him by phone, which has helped Eric during his hospitalization. The first thing that Russell said he told Eric after the killings was that he forgave his brother.

Hours before this interview with Central Michigan Life took place, Russell asked his brother what he would like to say to his classmates at CMU if he had the opportunity to speak to them through this story. “(Eric) said he would tell his classmates and friends that he is sorry,” Russell said. “He apologized for put-

Courtesy Photo | Russell Davis

The Davis family poses for a photo together.

ting them in danger and making an unsafe situation. He also wants (the CMU community) to understand that he was not in the right mental

state. He is very appreciative of the love and support that the CMU community has offered him.”

On the morning of March 2, Rus-

sell was heading to work and Alexis was preparing for school. Russell was having some problems with his phone that day when people began calling him at work to inform him about the shooting at CMU. Alexis found out about the killings, and the search for Eric, from family members who heard about the incident from news reports.

“There were some people who didn’t understand exactly what had transpired,” Russell said. “But after understanding, they have been supportive of all of us — my brother, my sister and myself as well as our grandparents, aunts and uncles.”

Members of the CMU community also reached out to the family to support them in the days and weeks that followed. There wasn’t one person from CMU, Russell said, who reached out that was critical or judgmental.

“Everyone who did reach out was very graceful,” Russell said. “Very supportive, very forgiving. They were caring for my brother, as well, which I was very appreciative of.”

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CENTRAL MICHIGAN LIFE y CM-LIFE.COM y FEB. 25, 2019

Emergency policy updated with faculty, staff input since March 2 Faculty: Learned from incident, ‘comprehensive’ training difficult

By Hunter McLaren Staff Reporter news@cm-life.com

After James Eric Davis Jr. shot and killed his parents on the fourth floor of Campbell Hall, students and faculty wondered how the shooting may change policy in the future.

One year later, the March 2 shooting has inspired multiple initiatives from administration and faculty.

Jonathan Webb, associate vice president of Facilities Management, has worked to compile feedback from faculty and staff to construct a more comprehensive emergency management plan.

“It’s set up not only for emergency

preparedness, but also to take action,” Webb said. “If something does occur, we want to get them to that web page right away so they can see in real time what are the four or five steps I need to do during this situation.”

The emergency planning webpage contains information on what to do in the case of an active shooter, fire, bomb threat and severe weather situations. The site outlines how to prepare for emergency situations and steps to take in those scenarios.

Changes to the emergency planning website have been ongoing, and much has been done to make existing information more accessible, said Heather Smith, director of communications.

Input was collected from listening sessions held where faculty and staff could voice their concerns and provide comments about the emergency plan, Webb said.

Administration also walked into offices of faculty and staff to gather input, Smith said.

CMU Faculty Association President Anthony Feig said comprehensive training would be difficult to do on a campus-wide scale because of how

Josh Barnhart | Central Michigan Life The Towers Residence Halls sit in lock down on March 2, 2018 in response to a search for Davis Jr.

varied the buildings can be.

“The tricky part about training is that every classroom is different,” Feig said. “Some doors close differently, not all of them have the quick locks

and some classrooms are harder than others to hide under tables.”

Sociology faculty member Mary Senter said that while she did learn some things following March 2, there

are still things she’d like to know.

“I would appreciate additional training on my responsibilities toward students during a lockdown and also on the best practices to keep students safe if there was an active shooter in the building where I teach,” Senter said.

Senter learned that in the case of an emergency she can lock classroom doors from the inside, call 911 and call the CARE team in the case of an emergency affecting a single student, she said.

Central Michigan University Police Officer Lt. Cameron Wassman said individuals or groups can reach out to have an in-person safety training presentation and they are open to students, faculty and staff. To schedule an in-person training, contact Wassman at wassm1cd@cmich.edu or (989)774-7696.

CMUPD Chief Bill Yeagley emphasized the importance of being familiar with emergency plans and staying informed of what to do in an emergency.

“The more you’re prepared to keep yourself safe, the more likely you’ll be safe,” Yeagley said.

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Student media seeks additional documents regarding shooting

By Dylan Goetz Community Editor news@cm-life.com

General Counsel is currently completing a Freedom of Information Act request from Central Michigan Life that will give the publication more information about the March 2 shooting.

At about 8:30 a.m. on March 2, 2018, James Eric Davis Jr. shot and killed his parents, Diva Davis and James Davis Sr., on the fourth floor of Campbell Hall.

Being found competent to stand trial, Davis Jr. pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity after he was deemed criminally insane at the time of the incident on Jan. 25, 2019.

On March 8, 2018, former Community Editor Emma Dale handdelivered a Freedom of Information Act request. FOIA is a series of

laws designed to guarantee that the public has access to public records of government bodies at all levels in Michigan, according to the National Freedom of Information Coalition.

The request was responded to on March 15, 2018. Her initial request was denied due to an “ongoing investigation” and impending trial.

“The CMU Police Department informs us that the investigation into this matter is ongoing,” the response read. “As such, the University is denying your request because to disclose the requested records would ... deprive a person of the right to a fair trial.”

Summer Editor-in-Chief Emilly Davis appealed the university’s decision to deny the FOIA request in July 2018. Appeals to FOIA requests are sent to the president of the university.

On July 13, Davis’ appeal was partially granted by former President

George Ross. The university, however, gave CM Life a heavilyredacted police report with entire pages blacked out. The university again cited redactions for Davis Jr.’s right to a fair trial.

“Please note that there remains information in the police report that if released, would be a violation of Mr. Davis’s constitutional right to a fair trial and which would unduly impair the office of the Isabella County Prosecuting Attorney in its efforts to bring a case against Mr. Davis, should he be adjudged competent to stand trial,” the response to the appeal read. The response also said the release of that information would taint the jury pool.

After Davis Jr. pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and the possibility of a trial was gone, CM Life filed another FOIA request to the Office of General Counsel on Feb. 6. Despite FOIA laws, which

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General Counsel explained its delay citing the snow days during the month of February. The university took a 10-day extension to respond, which started from the day that they returned the initial request, with knowledge that the information is being sought for CM Life’s follow up coverage. CM Life will receive any more information on or before March 5.

On Feb. 20, senior legal assistant of the Office of General Counsel

Kathy Kolhoff emailed CM Life and said that the same FOIA was filed months go, and implied that CM Life was not aware of this happening.

Even though the FOIA request was only partially granted after an appeal to the president’s office due to an impending trial at the time, Kolhoff offered to resend the same heavily redacted documents that were sent in July.

CM Life followed up and said that it specifically filed the FOIA request and expected a document with fewer redactions now that there is no longer a possibility of a trial.

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Mike Nichols | Courtesy Photo

CM Life University Editor Evan Sasiela takes notes during the first press conference about Campbell Hall shooting on March 2. CM Life staffers filled the entire first row.

How Central Michigan Life covered the March 2 shooting I couldn’t have said it any better than my former Editor-in-Chief Jordyn Hermani.

“There was never any moment where I thought I couldn’t count on anybody,” said Hermani, who is currently a technology/cyber security intern reporter at Politico in Washington D.C. “There was never any point where I feel like we were unprepared.”

The March 2 shooting in Campbell Hall was the biggest story to hit this university since I started as a freshman in 2016. The trust that was instilled in my coworkers during and after the coverage of the March 2 shooting was notable and hard-earned.

James Eric Davis Jr. shot and killed his parents, Diva and James Davis Sr., at about 8:30 a.m. March 2, 2018 in Campbell Hall. He was charged with open murder and felony firearm charges. In January, Davis Jr. pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity after being deemed criminally insane by an Isabella County Trial Court judge.

CM Life’s coverage began minutes after the Central Alert phone call.

“The CMU Police Department is responding to a report of shots fired near the fourth floor area of Campbell Hall, again, shots fired near the fourth floor area of Campbell Hall. Please stay clear of the area.”

I, along with other CM Life staffers, couldn’t even process the message at first. Was I hallucinating? Was there really a shooting at CMU? I jumped out of bed in Fabiano Hall and my roommate was already putting things in front of the door to create a barricade. I realize now that it was a bit dramatic, but we have never been in a situation like that.

Hermani immediately called Director of

Dylan Goetz Community Editor

Student Media, Dave Clark, who is CM Life’s adviser. What he thought would have been a quiet day off turned into one of the longest days he’s ever spent in our newsroom. Hermani began calling in information to Clark who assisted her in alerting our audience on social media.

Hermani threw on the first clothes that she could find and left her apartment right away.

She told her roommates to stay inside — there could be an active shooter on the loose. On the way to campus, Hermani called photographers Mackenzie Brockman and Cody Scanlan. Both were already en route.

Since the police were blocking off parking lots on campus, Hermani was forced to park in the Dragon Express parking lot. She remembered walking past her car multiple times throughout the day to make sure it wasn’t towed.

I tried to head to the office about an hour after I got the first Central Alert. Despite me being the sports editor, it was all hands on deck in the CM Life office. When I tried to leave through the Fabiano lobby, I was stopped by two police officers. They instructed me to go back to my dorm room.

While I conspired an escape plan, Hermani and then-Assistant Community Editor Mitchell Kukulka were on the scene at Campbell Hall.

Mike Nichols | Courtesy Photo Director of Student Publications Dave Clark speaks with Editor-in-Chief Jordyn Hermani in his office on March 2. Hermani was one of the first reporters on the scene after the shooting.

Hermani specifically remembered talking with her father on the phone about being in the hall where the shooting just happened. The first thing she told him was that she was safe and covering the incident.

After not finding much information from police who had secured the crime scene, Hermani and Kukulka, who is now a reporter for the Midland Daily News, walked away past the Campbell Hall entrance. While Hermani was

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Mike Nichols | Courtesy Photo Director of Student Publications Dave Clark speaks to a group of editors as they prepare to leave in the CM Life office on March 2.

walking, a resident assistant insisted that she got inside so she could be safe.

Our fearless leader didn’t stay there long, however. Hermani realized there wasn’t an immediate danger and walked out of the building’s front doors to reconvene with the rest of the team in the office in Moore Hall.

Clark said his biggest concern was with the reporters out in the field during a possible active shooter situation. He told us to cover the story, but don’t take any chances with our safety.

I remembered my mom’s reaction after I told her that Hermani was in the Campbell Hall.

Before writing this column, I asked her what she remembered about when I told her that CM Life was out working this story.

“I thought you were all crazy,” Donna Goetz said. “I would have been in my room with the door locked doing what the police told me to do.”

Hermani and Clark met and started putting together a plan of action. Who was going to do what, how are we going to cover this event and who will be responsible for each duty was all talked about during this meeting.

While Hermani and Clark began planning, Kukulka and staff photographer Mackenzie Brockman were following SWAT teams around campus while they searched for the shooting suspect. They used Facebook Live to update readers about the 15-hour manhunt. Every couple hours, reporters would switch off and run back to the office just to charge their phones.

“Honestly, I’ve never felt safer,” Photo Editor Cody Scanlan said. “There was a police officer on every block.”

Hunter McLaren, a staff reporter, lived on the fourth floor of Campbell Hall just a few rooms down from Davis Jr.’s dorm room.

Mike Nichols, CM Life’s editorial coach that

semester, remembered McLaren telling him that he lived in Campbell Hall from a training session earlier in the semester. He called McLaren to check on his safety, ask his whereabouts and, after learning that he was still in his dorm room, stay put.

Nichols told McLaren to contact Hermani to find out what he knew just minutes after their phone call.

By this point, most CM Life staffers who were still in Mount Pleasant before spring break were working their stories. Even then-Community Editor Emma Dale was calling sources and gathering quotes from her home in Grand Haven.

University Editor Evan Sasiela, who is now a reporter at the Ionia Sentinel-Standard, and Ashley Schafer, who is now a reporter at the Midland Daily News, were contacting sources and attending press conferences.

Videographers Richard Tran and Josh Barnhart were driving through the community collecting video clips. McLaren was calling in information from his dorm whenever they would get an update. Reporter Emilly Davis was putting together a story about student reactions. Advertising representatives were collecting information from social media. Nichols was coordinating with reporters and CM Life leadership. Clark was delegating responsibility to staffers via Hermani and Sasiela as they arrived throughout the day.

Photographers Scanlan and Brockman documented all of the happenings. Reporters Evan Petzold and Andrew McDonald coordinated with the Athletics Department to report on rescheduled events and comments from former athletes. I went to the Comfort Inn off campus where they were sending worrying parents who were trying to pick up their children for spring

Mike Nichols | Courtesy Photo Evan Sasiela prepares a story for publication on March 2.

break.

At the first press conference that day, the entire first row was filled with CM Life reporters, photographers and editors ready to find out more information about the shooting suspect, incident and search.

Hermani was proud of the newsroom for the accuracy of its reporting, she said. In instances like the shooting, accuracy is more important than speed.

For example, a broadcast news station in Chicago reported that the parents were the ones that were killed first. However, other reports were circling social media that said more than two people died, students were injured and some even ran the map of Carnegie Mellon University, the other “CMU” near Pittsburgh.

In an effort to find information, many publications from the New York Times to local high school papers rang the CM Life newsroom.

Hermani specifically remembers having Clark sit her down in his office after the press conference. She was thankful that someone had the patience to calm her down and simply ask if she had eaten anything that day.

“It was nice to have somebody that was just like keeping me in check,” Hermani said. “It was my job to check on all of you to make sure that you were all OK, but it was nice to have him (check on me).”

The long day was coming to an end — stories were being filed, the last Facebook Live update from Hermani just finished and updates slowed.

At about 9 p.m., two state police officers came into the CM Life office while they finished up checks in every CMU building. They said it was okay to leave if needed. They also told us it was OK to stay. Clark used this opportunity to

ask the staff if it was time to go.

We were afraid to leave the office before something happened. Hermani didn’t want to hear that police had found the shooting suspect on her way home to her apartment, so the staff was weary about leaving.

Clark and Hermani decided that “whatever was going to happen, was going to happen.”

They shouldn’t wait around in the office after a long day. Hermani and Sasiela, the two most veteran CM Lifers in the room, decided to sleep in shifts. For two hours, Hermani would sleep and Sasiela would stay up waiting for an update. They went on and off for another hour until Davis Jr. was found after midnight.

Sasiela was relieved to go to sleep, but was right back at it in the morning for an 8 a.m. press conference.

While preparing follow-up coverage for the shooting one year later, I felt that our reporting for this story had come full-circle. Russell Davis, Davis Jr.’s older brother, agreed to a phone interview after I introduced myself at Davis Jr.’s court hearing. I ended up interviewing one of the strongest people I have ever talked to.

Russell told me about how much he loved his brother. He detailed the phone call when he forgave his brother. He explained that his family is a loving one — a faithful one. Davis Jr. is getting help, and he has the full support of his family. One of the most important takeaways from this interview was that, despite the circumstances, the Davis family will live on and prosper.

This interview brought the entire incident full-circle. At the time of the incident, I couldn’t help but be concerned about the rest of the Davis family members. Now, I know the family is in the healing process. It is inspirational.

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THROUGH THE LENS MARCH 2, 2018

An armed conservation officer stands guard on the street during the search for James Eric Davis Jr. on March 2, 2018, in Mount Pleasant.

Both myself and fellow photographer Mackenzie Brockman experienced what it takes to cover breaking news first hand.

After working long hours to cover the events of the March 2 shooting on Central Michigan University’s campus I had made hundreds of photos. This image stands out to me as being one of the most striking.

After circling the residential areas of Mount Pleasant, I captured this image of this officer standing guard.

As we drove by the armed personnel, I had made a few frames out of the car window. His stern face captures the intensity and weight of the situation at hand, and the lighting and composition makes this image more compelling.

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1. Dry as a desert 8. Apathetic 13. Sodium ____ (table salt) 14. Collision type 16. Be penitent 17. Take ___ to (like) 18. Cook leftovers 19. Musically gifted sort 21. Legal orders 22. Trevi Fountain site 23. Rent-____ 24. Trippy drug 25. Lanai neighbor 26. Japanese cartoon art genre 27. Joined the military 30. CPR practitioner 31. Stairway anchor 33. Adult nit 35. Pole 36. Quality of a ghost town 40. “Let ___ Cake” 1933 Gershwin musical) 42. Biz network 43. Bygone channel 46. Fivers 47. “The Lion King” daughter

48. “___ of One’s Own”: Woolf work 50. Made ____ 52. ___ skiing 53. Frog, at times 54. Sheets and pillowcases 56. They may be precious 57. Like 50-50 odds 58. Have a feeling 59. Goes back on

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1. Jewish village of old 2. Greetings in Oahu 3. Green-fleshed melon 4. Bailiwicks 5. Estrangement 6. Big fuss 7. ___ Nelly 8. Apportion equally 9. Assay 10. Certain Hawaiian islander 11. Senseless acts 12. Clear broth 13. Mercury and Saturn 15. Web-based virtual animal

20. Faux (abbr.)

22. Bollywood star Aishwarya ___ 25. Miss, in Marseilles: Abbr.

26. Kerfuffles 28. Old hair removal brand 29. Part of GE 31. Election slate 32. Without teeth 34. Seizing without authority 35. Shoot anew 37. Some DVD players 38. Close to a delivery 39. Hoops grp.

41. Broom closet item 44. “Grosse ___ Blank” 45. Lack of information 47. White uniform wearer 48. Kate’s sitcom friend 49. “Send ____ Wine” (1969 song by The Moody Blues) 51. Snigglers’ quarry 52. Arabian gulf 55. Chemical suffix SOURCE: www.printable-puzzles.com

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