A hostage situation in DeKalb County ended after hours of negotiations with police shooting an armed man who opened fire at them, authorities said.
The incident began just after 11 p.m. Tuesday when DeKalb County Sheriff's officers spotted a wanted vehicle from Rockford and"attempted a traffic stop"A hostage situation that unfolded in DeKalb County ended after hours of negotiations with police shooting an armed man who opened fire at them, authorities said Wednesday.
Once stopped, officers said they saw a man armed with a handgun and a second person inside the vehicle.The DeKalb County Special Operations Team was called to the scene with hostage negotiators and negotiations lasted for several hours before the hostage was eventually released"unharmed," police said."The suspect then suddenly pointed the gun at police and fired several rounds towards them, at which time police returned fire fatally wounding the suspect," Sullivan wrote.
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