Libertyville crews search for missing person in Des Plaines River

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A water search related to a missing person got underway in north suburban Libertyville on Friday morning.

Chopper 7 was over the Des Plaines River at Oak Spring Road. There is a canoe-launching area near where crews were seen searching the water.

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The Libertyville Fire Department said police received a call on Thursday with credible information that the missing person was in this area.

Fire officials said that call prompted a non-emergency "swift, specialized search."

Libertyville fire and Lake County Forest Preserve officials are leading the search effort.

Further information was not immediately available.