Date: 4/6/2009 10:58 am
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(KMOV) -- About a dozen Illinois State Police cars and a SWAT team are still in a neighborhood in the Metro-East. This all started Monday morning around 4:00 a.m. at a home in the 4800 block of Rockledge Trail in Smithton, IL. The initial call came out as a domestic disturbance. According to police, a man broke in through the back door of his estranged wife's home. He reportedly used to live there with the woman, but had moved out and was living with his parents. Police say that the woman had a restraining order against the suspect. When the man broke in, four people were in the home - his estranged wife, their child, a babysitter and a friend. Police say that at some point the babysitter and the child were able to get out of the house. They were not harmed. Later, the suspect sent the friend out of the house to ask the police some questions. Police did not send the friend back into the home. Police say that after that, a the estranged wife either escaped or was released and was able to get out of the home safely. She told police she heard a gunshot as she was leaving. The condition of the suspect is not known at this time. He is not answering calls from police. Police have sent in tear gas and a robotic device. They are still on the scene.
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Date: 4/6/2009 1:34 pm
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SMITHTON, IL (FOX2now.com) - Illinois State Police and the Smithton
Police Department were held at bay by a man who barricaded himself
inside a home in Smithton. Police responded to the home off of Highway
159 after they received a disturbance call from the residence early
Monday morning. The home is in the Ledgestone Subdivision.
Police say the man entered the home, armed with weapons around 4:00am.
There were people inside the home at the time. Everyone was able to
make it out by themselves except one woman. She was rescued by police
and was unharmed.
One gunshot was heard coming from the home around 7:00am. Around
1:25pm, police confirmed the man had a self-inflicted gunshot and was
in critical condition. He was taken to an area hospital.
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