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After the Field House, a Second Alert: A Shooting a Block From Campus

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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. 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. It came just weeks after a January 10, 2026 shooting at the college's Ballenger Field House.

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Institution
Mott Community College
Community College · MI
~7,000 studentsMott Alert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

1 message in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

INITIAL ALERTSMS
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.
The alert quotes a detailed clothing and physical description — red Jordan shoes, black pants with a white triangle, long dreadlocks — the 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.
Context

Background

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., just off campus. The college issued an alert with a detailed suspect description and noted the suspect was still 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, 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.
Analysis

Key Findings

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
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.
Provenance

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Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion