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16th & College: Hope Goes Dark After a Block-South Fatal Shooting

Wednesday, June 1, 2022MIshelter in placeemergency notificationhigh confidence

Confirmed Threat

On the night of June 1, 2022, 19-year-old Antory Burrell was shot and killed near the intersection of 16th Street and College Avenue — a few blocks south of Hope College's main campus in Holland, Michigan. An 18-year-old, Demontae Knight Jr., was severely wounded. Hope College, a 3,000-student liberal-arts institution affiliated with the Reformed Church in America, issued a Hope Alert placing the campus on lockdown with the suspect at large. The lockdown was lifted shortly after 1 AM EDT on June 2, 2022, when police cleared the area.

Alerts: 2
Response: 15 min
Killed: 1
Injured: 1

Institution

Hope College

Private Liberal Arts · MI

~3,082 studentsHope Alert

Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

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 ALERTSMSJun 2, 2022, 2:45 AM EDT

Verified verbatimDirect quote from Newschannel 3 / WWMT reporting Hope College's Hope Alert content; corroborated by FOX 2 Detroit, Detroit News, and WLNS170 chars

HOPE ALERT: A shooting has occurred near 16th/College. Suspect is NOT in custody. Campus is on LOCKDOWN. Find a room, lock the door, turn off lights, silence cell phones.

Sent within approximately 15 minutes of the 10:30 PM EDT shooting — a notably fast turnaround for a small private LAC alerting on an off-campus but proximate incident

The 'find a room, lock the door, turn off lights, silence cell phones' phrasing follows the Run-Hide-Fight framework that Hope adopted in its post-2018 emergency-preparedness revamp

16th Street and College Avenue is the southern boundary of Hope's main campus near Van Wylen Library — the shooting occurred just south of that intersection

ALL CLEARSMSJun 2, 2022, 5:00 AM EDT+2h 15m

Approximate reconstruction190 chars

HOPE ALERT: The lockdown has been lifted. Holland Police have cleared the area near 16th/College. Continue to avoid the immediate area as the investigation continues. Resume normal activity.

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

Lifted approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes after the initial lockdown — characteristic of an off-campus shelter when no on-campus threat is verified

Holland Police later confirmed the shooting was an isolated, targeted incident involving individuals who knew each other; no Hope students were involved

Hope's chapel-anchored campus is concentrated within a few blocks of 16th and College, which is why the lockdown was extensive despite the off-campus location

Context

Background

Around 10:30 PM EDT on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, gunfire near the intersection of 16th Street and College Avenue — a residential block at the southern edge of Hope College's main campus in Holland, Michigan — left 19-year-old Antory Burrell dead and 18-year-old Demontae Knight Jr. critically wounded. Hope, founded in 1862 and affiliated with the Reformed Church in America with approximately 3,000 undergraduates, issued a Hope Alert text within approximately 15 minutes placing the campus on lockdown with the suspect at large. Students were told to find the nearest room, lock the door, turn off the lights, and silence their phones. The shooter — Cinecca Madison, 19, who knew the victims — was arrested on June 2, 2022 and charged with open murder, assault with intent to commit murder, and felony firearm. Holland Police confirmed the incident did not occur on Hope's campus and no Hope students were involved. The lockdown was lifted shortly after 1:00 AM EDT on June 2, 2022. The case illustrates how Hope's alert system responded with appropriate caution to a confirmed fatal shooting at the literal southern boundary of its compact, walkable campus.

Analysis

Key Findings

Hope College's first alert went out within approximately 15 minutes of a fatal shooting one block south of campus — a fast turnaround for a 3,000-student liberal-arts institution working off Holland Police feeds

The Hope Alert preserved the brief but specific Run-Hide-Fight protocol language: 'find a room, lock the door, turn off lights, silence cell phones' — a compact instruction set well-suited to SMS

Hope's lockdown duration of approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes is on the shorter end for confirmed-fatality incidents at small LACs and reflects Holland Police's rapid scene clearance

Outcome

Antory Burrell, 19, was killed and Demontae Knight Jr., 18, was severely wounded. The shooter, Cinecca Madison, 19, who knew the victims, was arrested on June 2, 2022. He was charged with open murder, assault with intent to commit murder, and felony firearm. Hope confirmed the incident did not occur on campus and no Hope students were involved.

Provenance

Sources

News
Shooting near campus puts Hope College on lockdown, no suspects in custody (WWMT Newschannel 3)
wwmt.com
News
Lockdown at Hope College after off-campus shooting, suspect at large (FOX 2 Detroit)
fox2detroit.com
News
Suspect in custody in shooting near Hope College that left 1 dead, another critical (Detroit News)
detroitnews.com
News
Hope College sees lockdown due to nearby fatal shooting (WILX)
wilx.com
Official
Hope Alert - Hope College
hope.edu

Alert Sequence

Background

Key Findings

Sources

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