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Pub Crawl Gunfire at McKinley & John: 17-Year-Old Wounded as TitanAlert Declares 'No Ongoing Threat'

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Confirmed Threat

At 7:08 PM CDT on Saturday, April 11, 2026, Oshkosh police received reports of multiple shots fired near McKinley Avenue and John Street, blocks from the UW-Oshkosh campus, during the Oshkosh Pub Crawl. A 17-year-old victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. UW-Oshkosh pushed a TitanAlert; after an extensive search using drones and K-9 units, Devon Price, 23, of Omro was stopped at 7:58 PM CDT trying to drive away from the area and charged with first-degree reckless injury, concealing a stolen firearm, and possession of a firearm while intoxicated. Prosecutors say Price opened fire after being punched and struck the wrong person.

Alerts
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Response
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Killed
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Injured
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Institution
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Public Masters · WI
~12,500 studentsTitanAlert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTSMS
Approximate reconstructionReconstructed from UWO Police Department news release and Advance-Titan reporting110 chars
TitanAlert: Police responding to shots fired near McKinley Ave and John St. Avoid the area. Updates to follow.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Pushed shortly after Oshkosh police received the 7:08 PM CDT shots-fired report on April 11, 2026.
Geographic naming (McKinley Avenue and John Street) places the incident in the off-campus pub-crawl corridor, not the academic core.
TitanAlert remained brief because UWPD believed the suspect was already contained at the scene.
ALL CLEARSMS
Approximate reconstructionReconstructed from UWO Police news release and Advance-Titan reporting142 chars
TitanAlert: Suspect in custody. There is no ongoing threat to the campus community. One victim transported with non-life-threatening injuries.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

Sent after the suspect was caught at 7:58 PM CDT in a high-risk traffic stop at Jackson Street and Irving Avenue as he tried to drive away — roughly 50 minutes after the 7:08 PM shooting, not an at-scene arrest.
Multiple agencies (Winnebago County Sheriff, UWPD, Wisconsin State Patrol, and OPD) used drones and K-9 units in the search before the stop.
UWO Lt. Chance Duenkel told the Advance-Titan that the department "sends out Titan Alerts and tries to provide as much information as possible in emergency moments".
Context

Background

The Oshkosh Pub Crawl is a long-standing semi-organized bar promotion that draws thousands of UW-Oshkosh students each spring. At 7:08 PM CDT on April 11, 2026, Oshkosh police received reports of multiple shots fired at McKinley Avenue and John Street — a busy intersection in the off-campus pub-crawl corridor. A 17-year-old Oshkosh high-school student was shot in the ankle and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries; prosecutors say Price fired after being punched in the face and hit the wrong person. UW-Oshkosh's TitanAlert system pushed an initial alert telling the campus community to avoid the area, then a follow-up all-clear after Devon Price, 23, of Omro was caught at 7:58 PM CDT in a high-risk traffic stop at Jackson Street and Irving Avenue as he tried to leave — following a multi-agency search using drones and K-9 units. He was charged with four counts including first-degree reckless injury, concealing a stolen firearm, and possession of a firearm while intoxicated, with a $100,000 cash bond set. Local police subsequently announced a safety review of the pub crawl in light of the shooting.
Analysis

Key Findings

TitanAlert issued an all-clear roughly 50 minutes after the shooting, once Price was caught at 7:58 PM CDT in a high-risk traffic stop while attempting to drive away — not an at-scene arrest, but a multi-agency search with drones and K-9 units.
The shooting occurred during the Oshkosh Pub Crawl, a recurring student bar event that draws thousands and concentrates risk in a small off-campus corridor.
Local police and UW-Oshkosh announced a joint safety review of the pub crawl in the days after the shooting.
Outcome
Devon Price, 23, of Omro arrested at the scene and charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety with use of a dangerous weapon, first-degree reckless injury with use of a dangerous weapon, concealing a stolen firearm, and possession of a firearm while intoxicated. The 17-year-old victim was hospitalized but expected to survive.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Near Campus Incident — UWO Police Department
    uwosh.edu
  2. Student Paper
    Shots fired at Pub Crawl (Advance-Titan)
    advancetitan.com
  3. Student Paper
    Local police look to improve Pub Crawl safety (Advance-Titan)
    advancetitan.com
  4. News
    UW-Oshkosh students react to shooting near campus during pub crawl (WBAY)
    wbay.com
  5. News
    Man charged in weekend shooting near UW-Oshkosh campus (WBAY)
    wbay.com
  6. News
    Omro man arrested, Oshkosh teen hurt in shooting near UW-Oshkosh Campus (WTAQ)
    wtaq.com
  7. News
    Man shot wrong person during fight the night of Oshkosh pub crawl, prosecutors say (FOX 11)
    fox11online.com
Tags
WisconsinUW-OshkoshTitanAlertpub-crawloff-campus-shootingstolen-firearmBig-Ten-region
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion