A suspect has died after invading a Joliet house while its owner was inside and barricading himself for hours, the Will County Sheriff's Office said.
Bywhile its owner was inside and barricading himself for hours on Monday, the Will County Sheriff's Office said. The man who lives at the home in the 200-block of Romayne Avenue did not want to speak on camera.
But he said he was in the home when the suspect entered, and things escalated from there. The homeowner told ABC7 that he heard a noise and called out, thinking it was his children coming home early. But then, he was shocked to find a stranger, who told him to be quiet."To know that this happened while he was home, that's very scary, because it could happen to anyone," said neighbor Shawn Montgomery. This standoff started around 1 p.m. after Will County sheriff's deputies tried to pull the suspect over for "multiple felony warrants." The man, armed with a gun, drove off and crashed his car in the nearby 200-block of St. Jude Avenue before running through the neighborhood and into the home on Romayne. Chopper 7 was over the scene as a the suspect, a man in his 40s, opened the front door of the home and appeared to put an item on the front porch just before 4 p.m. The man then took the item back inside and closed the door. Minutes later, a SWAT team used a truck to beak down the front door of the home. Multiple flashbangs were fired at the home during what turned into an lengthy standoff. After hours of negotiating with the suspect, the Will County SWAT team entered the home, where the man was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the sheriff's office said. He was rushed to St. Joseph Medical Center in critical condition.Roads will be blocked off in the area for the next few hours, the sheriff's office said just before 10 p.m. Neighbors who live along the block said they were not able to return to their homes as the public was asked to avoid the area around Joyce Road between Jefferson and McDonough streets for much of the day.If you are experiencing suicidal, substance use or other mental health crises please call or text the new three digit code at 988. You will reach a trained crisis counselor for free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also go to
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