HOSTAGE/STANDOFF FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDIC STANDBY ON CICERO AVE SOUTH OF I-55 (STEVENSON EXPRESSWAY), CHICAGO

    MON SEP 22 2014 ~1:51 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    HOSTAGE/BARRICADE INCIDENT
    CICERO AVE AND 43RD ST CHICAGO, IL

    REPORT OF MAN HOLDING HIS TWO CHILDREN AT GUNPOINT. MULTIPLE POLICE AGENCIES AND A POLICE HELICOPTER WERE INVOLVED ABOUT 1:30 P.M. MONDAY IN A POLICE PURSUIT THAT STARTED NEAR 76TH STREET AND HARLEM AVENUE IN THE BRIDGEVIEW, BEDFORD PARK AREA. POLICE HAD THE OFFENDER CORNERED IN A SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING ON NORTHBOUND CICERO AVENUE, JUST SOUTH OF THE STEVENSON EXPRESSWAY BY ABOUT 1:50 P.M.

    THE SUSPECT IS POSSIBLY WANTED ON A CHARGE OF DOMESTIC BATTERY WITH A WEAPON INVOLVED.

    NO INJURIES REPORTED AFTER MAN WAS ARRESTED BY ABOUT 3:00 P.M.

    CHIEF(S): BC16

    EMS: A88 A19 A36 STANDBY FOR A HOSTAGE SITUATION.



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