{"id":166901,"date":"2026-02-06T16:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166901\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:54:30","slug":"oakland-university-lifts-lockdown-after-stabbing-near-van-wagoner-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/166901\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland University lifts lockdown after stabbing near Van Wagoner Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ROCHESTER, Mich. \u2013 Oakland University has lifted the lockdown on Van Wagoner Hall following a stabbing outside the building Thursday evening. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">University officials say it is now safe for the campus community to resume normal activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Feb. 5, police were called to the campus after receiving reports of a fight outside Van Wagoner Hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Upon arrival, officers discovered a man with multiple stab wounds. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He was taken to the hospital and is currently undergoing surgery. The victim is not a student.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police said witnesses described two suspects. One is described as a Black man in his early 20s, about 5\u20328\u2033 to 5\u203210\u2033, wearing a black North Face jacket, black pants, white shoes with blue on the back, and chin-length dreadlocks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The second suspect is also a Black man in his early 20s, wearing a camouflage jacket with a black hood, black pants, and black shoes, with curly hair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Both suspects fled the scene in a dark-colored SUV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information about the assault is urged to contact the Oakland University Police Department at (248) 370-3331.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Campus members are also encouraged to verify their registration for emergency text message alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">To check registration or learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/oakland.edu\/alerts.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/oakland.edu\/alerts.\">oakland.edu\/alerts.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ROCHESTER, Mich. \u2013 Oakland University has lifted the lockdown on Van Wagoner Hall following a stabbing outside the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,904,145,144,1609,1608],"class_list":{"0":"post-166901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-county","10":"tag-oakland-headlines","11":"tag-oakland-news","12":"tag-oakland-university","13":"tag-rochester"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}