{
  "id": "2026-02-19-mott-community-college-nearby-shooting-alert",
  "slug": "mott-community-college-nearby-shooting-alert-2026-02-19",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Mott Community College",
    "shortName": "MCC",
    "state": "MI",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Mott Alert",
    "enrollment": 7000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-02-19",
    "type": "shooting",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Alert with detailed suspect description after a shooting a block from campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Alert with detailed suspect description after a shooting a block from campus",
    "summary": "On February 19, 2026, Mott Community College issued an alert after a shooting near campus around 5:05 p.m. EST in the 900 block of E. Court Street, with the suspect [still at large](https://midmichigannow.com/news/local/mott-community-college-issues-alert-after-nearby-shooting-suspect-at-large). The notice gave a detailed suspect description (long dreadlocks, red Jordan shoes, black pants with a white triangle on the side, possibly carrying a black-and-silver handgun) and asked anyone with information to call the [Mott Department of Public Safety at (810) 762-0222](https://nationaltoday.com/us/mi/flint/news/2026/02/26/shooting-near-mott-community-college-suspect-at-large/). It came just weeks after a January 10, 2026 shooting at the college's Ballenger Field House.",
    "outcome": "The shooting occurred in the 900 block of E. Court Street near the Flint campus around 5:05 p.m. EST; the suspect remained at large when the alert was issued. The notice directed tips to the Mott Department of Public Safety.",
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Shortly after 5:05 p.m. EST on February 19, 2026",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "The suspect is described as a black male with light complexion and long dreadlocks. The suspect is wearing red Jordan shoes, black pants with a white triangle on the side and could be in possession of a black & silver handgun.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://midmichigannow.com/news/local/mott-community-college-issues-alert-after-nearby-shooting-suspect-at-large",
      "sourceDescription": "Mid-Michigan NOW (quoting the Mott Community College alert)",
      "annotations": [
        "The alert quotes a detailed clothing and physical description (red Jordan shoes, black pants with a white triangle, long dreadlocks), a level of specificity used in a timely warning when a suspect is still at large.",
        "The ampersand in 'black & silver handgun' is preserved exactly as quoted from the alert."
      ],
      "characterCount": 226
    }
  ],
  "context": "Mott Community College's Flint campus is bounded by E. Court Street, and on February 19, 2026 a shooting occurred [around 5:05 p.m. EST in the 900 block of E. Court St.](https://midmichigannow.com/news/local/mott-community-college-issues-alert-after-nearby-shooting-suspect-at-large), just off campus. The college issued an alert with a detailed suspect description and noted the [suspect was still at large](https://nationaltoday.com/us/mi/flint/news/2026/02/26/shooting-near-mott-community-college-suspect-at-large/), directing tips to its Department of Public Safety. The notice came only weeks after the January 10, 2026 shooting at the [Ballenger Field House](https://www.mcc.edu/president/bfh-oop-statement.shtml), making it the second gun-violence alert at the college in roughly six weeks and illustrating how urban community colleges must repeatedly message about adjacent-neighborhood violence.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "The alert carried an unusually detailed verbatim suspect description because the shooter was still at large near campus",
    "The shooting was off campus, in the 900 block of E. Court Street, so the college issued it as a timely warning rather than an immediate on-campus emergency notification",
    "It was Mott's second firearm-related alert in about six weeks, following the January 10, 2026 Ballenger Field House shooting"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Mott Community College issues alert after nearby shooting, suspect at large",
      "url": "https://midmichigannow.com/news/local/mott-community-college-issues-alert-after-nearby-shooting-suspect-at-large",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Shooting Near Mott Community College, Suspect at Large",
      "url": "https://nationaltoday.com/us/mi/flint/news/2026/02/26/shooting-near-mott-community-college-suspect-at-large/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "tags": [
    "shooting",
    "timely-warning",
    "michigan",
    "community-college",
    "suspect-at-large",
    "off-campus"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-29",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}