Jun 27, 2008 12:27 pm US/Central
Suspect Escapes After Standoff In Wheeling
2 Children Were Barricaded In Towhouse, But No One Was Injured
WHEELING, Ill. (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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A subject was barricaded in a townhouse in Wheeling Friday and held police on a standoff for several hours.
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Police are seeking a suspect who barricaded himself in a northwest suburban townhouse with a handgun and two young children, before escaping early Friday morning.
About 12:43 a.m. Friday, a Wheeling police officer patrolling in the parking lot of the Colonial Townhomes at Elmhurst Road and McHenry Road saw a man armed with what appeared to be a handgun, according to a release from police.
The suspect, identified only as a 24-year-old man, fled into his temporary residence at 812 Colonial Dr. and locked himself into the townhouse.
Several other people in the townhouse, including a man, woman and young child exited a short time later, but told police there were still two young children inside, the release said.
A perimeter was set up with McHenry, Elmhurst and Dundee roads closed off in the area. The roads were reopened about 6:30 a.m.
Northern Illinois Police Alarm System officers safely removed the two children and a subsequent search determined the suspect had fled the area, the release said. A .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun was recovered in the parking lot, but the suspect remained at large as of late Friday morning.
No one was injured in the incident and police continue to investigate and pursue the suspect, for whom no further description has been released.
Though police remain on the scene at 8:10 a.m., Elmhurst Road (Route 83) between McHenry and Dundee roads were reopened about 7:45 a.m. after the police activity, according to a Wheeling police spokesman. The road was initially closed about 5 a.m.
"We still have a number of officers on the scene,'' according to the spokesman. "It was a barricaded subject inside a townhouse called Colonial Tonwhomes,'' he said.
At 8:10 a.m. he said no shots have been fired and there were apparently no injuries.
Wheeling Fire Department Lt. Bart Burns said an ambulance, an engine and a battalion chief were sent to the scene about 6 a.m., but they left the scene about 7:30 a.m.
No one was transported to a hospital, according to Burns.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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