SWAT Teams On Scene For Hours As Man Barricades Himself In Lemont Township Home With Child
LEMONT, Ill. (CBS) -- SWAT teams were on the scene for hours Tuesday for a standoff near southwest suburban Lemont.
Cook County Sheriff's police were called at 9:14 a.m. for an incident near Walker and McCarthy roads in unincorporated Lemont Township.
A man was barricaded inside a house with a young child.
Numerous officers were in the area waiting out the standoff.
Around 5:50 p.m., members of the Sheriff's Police Hostage Barricade Team went into the home. Both the man and the child were recovered and taken to a hospital for evaluation.
The man was also taken into custody. There were no injuries.
