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.
Breaking: Cicero Ave. closed 43rd to 47th near I-55 Midway exit due to police activity http://t.co/HyPdNM9WQk pic.twitter.com/8QC4cr2IxN
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) September 22, 2014
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