A gunman holding a woman hostage inside an Illinois bank has surrendered, police say
"At the end, he did come out of the building, willingly while speaking with crisis negotiators," Rockford Police Chief Dan O'Shea told reporters Friday night.The suspect, who has not been identified, was in custody and is expected to face charges in the incident.The incident began when police responded to reports of an armed robbery about 2:30 p.m. at the Heritage Credit Union on East State Street.
The suspect initially barricaded himself inside with"one or more employees or customers" when officers arrived, police tweeted on Friday. Most of the people inside the bank were able to leave the building but a woman working at the credit union was held hostage for more than six hours, O'Shea said.Crisis negotiators contacted the suspect by telephone and spoke with him for several hours before he surrendered. Neither the woman or the suspect was injured, the police chief said.
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