1 in custody after Aurora barricade situation

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- One person was taken into custody after a barricade situation in west suburban Aurora Wednesday morning.

Aurora police received a call about 2 a.m. about someone with a gun firing shots. Police were then informed that the suspect was using a gun to break windows of a vehicle parked in a driveway

Officers responded to the scene in the 500-block of Bangs Street and discovered the suspect barricaded himself inside a home. A SWAT team was then sent to the scene.

Police were able to make contact with the suspect, who was taken into custody peacefully.



A few nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution and those on the block are asked to remain in their homes.
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