A six-hour standoff between Illinois police and a suspected bank robber ended peacefully when the suspect released the hostage he was holding and surrendered to authorities.
The standoff began at around 2:30 Friday afternoon when an armed man entered a Heritage Credit Union branch in Rockford, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago.The man told several people to leave but held a female employee at gunpoint, police said.
Law enforcement personnel stand guard as an armed man barricaded himself inside an Illinois bank and took a hostage during a robbery Friday, Jan. 3, 2020 in Rockford, Ill. Police surrounded Heritage Credit Union in Rockford, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago. Officers got the woman away from the suspect, then took the man into custody without further incident. A firearm was recovered from the suspect, authorities said.
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