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Fatal shooting blocks from campus prompts lockdown with the suspect at large

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022MIshelter in placeemergency notificationmedium 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, just 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

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Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

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INITIAL ALERTSMSJun 1, 2022, 10:45 PM EDT

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Direct quote from Newschannel 3 / WWMT reporting Hope College's Hope Alert content; corroborated by FOX 2 Detroit, Detroit News, and WLNS

ALL CLEARTwitter/XJun 2, 2022, 1:00 AM EDT+2h 15m

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HOPE ALERT: Holland PD has cleared our lockdown with caution. Lockdown has been lifted, but please be careful and vigilant if you choose to leave your area.

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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 suspect (Cinecca Madison, 19, whom police said 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 documents how Hope's alert system responded to a confirmed fatal shooting at the 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 just south of campus, working off Holland Police feeds

The Hope Alert preserved brief, specific lockdown/shelter-in-place instruction language: 'find a room, lock the door, turn off lights, silence cell phones', a compact instruction set well-suited to SMS

Hope lifted the lockdown approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes after issuing it, after Holland Police cleared the scene

Outcome

Antory Burrell, 19, was killed and Demontae Knight Jr., 18, was severely wounded. Cinecca Madison, 19, whom police said knew the victims, was arrested on June 2, 2022, and 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.

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Shooting near campus puts Hope College on lockdown, no suspects in custody (WWMT Newschannel 3)
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Lockdown at Hope College after off-campus shooting, suspect at large (FOX 2 Detroit)
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Suspect in custody in shooting near Hope College that left 1 dead, another critical (Detroit News)
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Hope College sees lockdown due to nearby fatal shooting (WILX)
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Hope Alert - Hope College
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Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "Hope College: Fatal shooting blocks from campus prompts lockdown with the suspect at large." Incident of June 1, 2022. Added May 2026; last updated August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/hope-college-off-campus-fatal-shooting-2022-06-01/

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