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A Tip About a Loaded AR-15 Emptied Three Campuses in 26 Minutes

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Confirmed Threat

On November 29, 2023, Lansing Community College evacuated its main and two satellite campuses after a "credible" threat tied to a 19-year-old student who had shown a friend a video of himself loading magazines and told the friend to watch the news at 3 p.m. LCC police were contacted around 1:50 p.m. EST and issued a college-wide evacuation alert via Rave and the public-address system at 2:16 p.m. EST. Damian Douglas Walker was arrested that day at his Delta Township apartment, where police found an AR-15, multiple loaded magazines, a second rifle and loose ammunition.

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Institution
Lansing Community College
Community College · MI
~17,000 studentsRaveLCC Alert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

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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.

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LCC ALERT: Evacuate the Main, West and East campuses immediately due to a police emergency. Leave campus now and do not return until further notice.

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

Reconstructed paraphrase: reporting confirms an evacuation alert went out via Rave and the public-address system at 2:16 p.m. EST, but the exact wording was not published, so this is marked unconfirmed.
An evacuation order, rather than a shelter-in-place, was chosen because the suspect was believed to be off campus at his apartment, making it safer to clear buildings than to hold people inside.
Context

Background

The threat surfaced when a male subject told a friend not to come to school and to watch the news at 3 p.m., then showed a video of himself loading magazines with ammunition. The friend alerted DeWitt Township police, who contacted LCC police around 1:50 p.m. EST. LCC determined the threat credible and issued a college-wide evacuation via Rave and the PA system at 2:16 p.m. EST, clearing its main downtown campus and its east and west satellite campuses. Damian Douglas Walker, 19, was arrested the same day and charged with a false report or threat of terrorism; police recovered an AR-15, a dozen loaded magazines, another rifle and loose ammunition from his apartment. The fast tip-to-evacuation timeline drew comparisons to campuses that did not act in time.
Analysis

Key Findings

LCC moved from receiving the police tip (~1:50 p.m. EST) to a college-wide evacuation alert (2:16 p.m. EST) in roughly 26 minutes
The college chose evacuation over shelter-in-place because the suspect was believed to be at his off-campus apartment
Police recovered an AR-15, 12 loaded magazines, a second rifle and loose ammunition, and charged the 19-year-old student with a 20-year terrorism-threat felony
Outcome
No one was hurt. Damian Douglas Walker, 19, was arrested the same day and charged with making a false report or threat of terrorism, a 20-year felony. Police recovered an AR-15, 12 loaded magazines, a second rifle and loose ammunition from his apartment.
Provenance

Sources

  1. News
    Did a Michigan campus narrowly avert a massacre like the Florida shooting?
    bridgemi.com
  2. News
    Suspect in custody following 'credible threat' at LCC
    wzzm13.com
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threat-of-violenceevacuationmichigancommunity-collegeemergency-notificationaverted-attack
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion