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CMU student accused of killing parents in dorm room found incompetent to stand trial: Lawyer

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- The attorney for a 19-year-old student accused of killing his parents at Central Michigan University says his client has been found incompetent to stand trial. Court-appointed attorney Joshua Blanchard says James Davis Jr. was found incompetent to stand trial March 23. Blanchard told MLive.com on Wednesday that Davis will receive treatment in an attempt to have him regain competency.

Authorities say Davis Jr. shot his parents, James and Diva Davis, of Plainfield, Illinois, in his dorm room on March 2. He was captured after a 16-hour manhunt in Mount Pleasant, Michigan after someone saw him on train tracks. He's charged with two counts of open murder and a firearm violation.

The night before the shootings, Davis Jr. told police someone was out to kill him. He exhibited erratic behavior that police suspected was drug-induced.

James Eric Davis Jr. is seen in a photo distributed by the city of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, after a shooting on the campus of Central Michigan University on March 2, 2018.
James Eric Davis Jr. in photo distributed by city of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, after shooting on campus of Central Michigan University on March 2, 2018

Central Michigan University police Chief Bill Yeagley says the gun used in the shooting belonged the suspect's father.

Davis Sr. was an Iraq war veteran and friends say Diva Davis was a breast cancer survivor, CBS News' DeMarco Morgan reports.

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