{
  "id": "2022-04-24-moody-bible-institute-neighborhood-shooting-lockdown",
  "slug": "moody-bible-institute-neighborhood-shooting-lockdown-2022-04-24",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Moody Bible Institute",
    "shortName": "MBI",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-liberal-arts",
    "alertSystemName": "MBIPD Emergency Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-04-24",
    "type": "active-shooter",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Gunfire near campus sends suspects fleeing into a building, leading to two arrests",
    "headlinePublic": "Gunfire near campus sends suspects fleeing into a building, leading to two arrests",
    "summary": "On Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT, [Moody Bible Institute's Public Safety Department](https://public-safety.moody.edu/Homepage/crime-alerts/) initiated a campus lockdown after gunshots were reported in the neighborhood near Orleans Street and Locust Street. Two suspects fled into a nearby building at 312 W Chestnut St., where Moody Public Safety and Chicago Police arrested both and recovered a weapon. Two additional suspects fled south in a white sedan.",
    "outcome": "Two suspects arrested; weapon recovered. No campus community members were injured. The lockdown was lifted once the scene was secured.",
    "resolution": "resolved"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2022-04-24T18:17:00-05:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "April 24, 2022 - Aggravated Assault\n\nIn compliance with the \"Timely Warning\" provision of the Federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998, Moody Bible Institute is giving notice of an Aggravated Assault incident near the Chicago campus.\n\nReported Offense: On Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 6:17 PM a lockdown was initiated on the Chicago campus. This was the results of reported gun shots in the neighborhood near Orleans St. & Locust St. A man and a woman fled into a nearby building at 312 W Chestnut St., where MBIPD and CPD arrested both and recovered a weapon. Another two offenders fled south in a white sedan.\n\nTo our knowledge, at no time did any of the gun shots take place on campus, nor were any of the offenders present on campus.\n\nSuspect: 2 known suspects in custody; 2 unknown suspects.\n\nInvestigation: The Chicago Police Department is investigating the incident.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceDescription": "Moody Bible Institute Public Safety Crime Alerts (Clery Timely Warning)",
      "annotations": [
        "Official Clery Timely Warning recovered from Moody Public Safety crime-alerts page for the April 24, 2022 Orleans/Locust neighborhood shooting lockdown. Preserves official wording \"This was the results of\"."
      ],
      "characterCount": 927,
      "sourceUrl": "https://public-safety.moody.edu/Homepage/crime-alerts/"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "Sunday evening, April 24, 2022, after suspects were arrested",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceDescription": "Reconstructed from Moody Public Safety crime alert archive reporting two suspects arrested at 312 W Chestnut St. and weapon recovered",
      "annotations": []
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Crime Alerts - Chicago - Public Safety - Moody Bible Institute",
      "url": "https://public-safety.moody.edu/Homepage/crime-alerts/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Moody Bible Institute - Wikipedia",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody_Bible_Institute",
      "type": "reference"
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Moody Bible Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moody_Bible_Institute), founded in 1886 by evangelist D.L. Moody, is a Bible college and graduate school at 820 N LaSalle Drive on Chicago's Near North Side. The campus sits in a dense urban neighborhood where gunfire incidents nearby periodically trigger campus lockdowns per the institution's protocols. On Sunday evening, April 24, 2022, shots were fired near the intersection of Orleans Street and Locust Street. Moody's Public Safety Department (MBIPD) initiated a campus-wide lockdown at [6:17 PM CDT](https://public-safety.moody.edu/Homepage/crime-alerts/). Two suspects entered a building at 312 W Chestnut St. near campus; MBIPD and Chicago Police responded and arrested both, recovering a weapon. Two additional offenders fled south in a white sedan. The incident was one of [two neighborhood-shooting lockdowns MBI experienced within two weeks in spring 2022](https://public-safety.moody.edu/Homepage/crime-alerts/), with a second lockdown triggered by shots near Wells Street on May 5, 2022. At no time during either incident were gunshots fired on campus or directed at campus buildings.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "lockdown",
    "neighborhood-shooting",
    "chicago",
    "bible-college",
    "near-north-side",
    "weapon-recovered",
    "arrests-made",
    "urban-campus"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-31",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-19",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}