Campus Alert Archive
MBI

Gunshots Near Orleans and Locust Force Sunday Evening Lockdown at Moody Bible Institute

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On Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT, Moody Bible Institute's Public Safety Department initiated a campus lockdown after gunshots were reported in the neighborhood near Orleans Street and Locust Street. Two suspects fled into a nearby building at 312 W Chestnut St., where Moody Public Safety and Chicago Police arrested both and recovered a weapon. Two additional suspects fled south in a white sedan.

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Institution
Moody Bible Institute
Private Liberal Arts · IL
MBIPD Emergency Alert
Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence

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 ALERTSMS
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MBIPD ALERT: Lockdown initiated due to reported gunshots near Orleans St. & Locust St. Go inside immediately, lock doors, stay away from windows. Avoid the area. Call 911 if you see suspicious activity.

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

Timestamp 6:17 PM CDT (UTC-5) sourced from Moody Public Safety's crime alert archive, which logged the lockdown initiation time precisely.
The shooting occurred in the River North / Near North Side neighborhood surrounding Moody's campus at 820 N LaSalle Dr.; at no time were gunshots fired on campus or toward campus.
ALL CLEARSMS
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MBIPD ALL CLEAR: The lockdown has been lifted. Two suspects have been arrested and a weapon recovered. The campus is safe. Resume normal activities.

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

Two additional unknown suspects fled south in a white sedan and were not apprehended at the time the all-clear was issued.
The swift resolution came from joint action by MBIPD and CPD who arrested both suspects who had sought refuge in a nearby building.
Context

Background

Moody Bible Institute, founded in 1886 by evangelist D.L. Moody, is a Bible college and graduate school at 820 N LaSalle Drive on Chicago's Near North Side. The campus sits in a dense urban neighborhood where gunfire incidents nearby periodically trigger campus lockdowns per the institution's protocols. On Sunday evening, April 24, 2022, shots were fired near the intersection of Orleans Street and Locust Street. Moody's Public Safety Department (MBIPD) initiated a campus-wide lockdown at 6:17 PM CDT. Two suspects entered a building at 312 W Chestnut St. near campus; MBIPD and Chicago Police responded and arrested both, recovering a weapon. Two additional offenders fled south in a white sedan. The incident was one of two neighborhood-shooting lockdowns MBI experienced within two weeks in spring 2022, with a second lockdown triggered by shots near Wells Street on May 5, 2022. At no time during either incident were gunshots fired on campus or directed at campus buildings.
Outcome
Two suspects arrested; weapon recovered. No campus community members were injured. The lockdown was lifted once the scene was secured.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Crime Alerts - Chicago - Public Safety - Moody Bible Institute
    public-safety.moody.edu
  2. reference
    Moody Bible Institute - Wikipedia
    en.wikipedia.org
Tags
lockdownneighborhood-shootingchicagobible-collegenear-north-sideweapon-recoveredarrests-madeurban-campus
Added May 2026Updated May 2026Via ingestion