{"id":167355,"date":"2026-02-06T23:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167355\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:07:29","slug":"oakland-university-stabbing-suspects-still-at-large-campus-on-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/167355\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland University stabbing suspects still at large, campus on alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. \u2013 Oakland University police continue searching for two suspects involved in a stabbing that left one man injured Thursday night. Witnesses described the suspects as men in their early 20s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">One suspect is about 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing a black North Face jacket, black pants, and white shoes with blue on the back. He has chin-length dreadlocks. The other suspect wore a camo jacket with a black hood, black pants, and black shoes, and has curly hair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The incident has left some students feeling uneasy as they return to classes. Many on campus hope those responsible will be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to police, what began as a fight escalated into a stabbing outside Van Wagoner House. The victim, who has not been named, is confirmed not to be a student.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cEverything was on lockdown, we couldn\u2019t even walk around like inside the dorms, it was crazy,\u201d said Ayana Williams, who lives in a nearby dorm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anthony Smith, who has worked at the university for 25 years, said he has never witnessed anything like this before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Gannon Mitchell, off campus during the incident, returned to find multiple news crews and a heavy police presence around his dorm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cLike all my friends were all texting each other and stuff,\u201d Mitchell said, and described their feelings as \u201cshocked and surprised that something like this really could happen just anywhere, especially at our dorm too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Oakland University Police Chief Mark Gordon said Thursday night that no one has provided identification or names of the suspects so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police urge everyone on campus to stay alert, travel in groups, and report any suspicious activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt is kind of scary that he\u2019s just walking around and we have no idea who he is or who he could possibly be, but life goes on,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Oakland University Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. \u2013 Oakland University police continue searching for two suspects involved in a stabbing that left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,904,145,144,1609,3414],"class_list":["post-167355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-oakland-university","tag-rochester-hills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167355","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=167355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}