Some businesses placed on lockdown amid standoff with barricaded man in New Lenox
NEW LENOX, Ill. (CBS) -- A standoff ensued Monday night in southwest suburban New Lenox.
Police were called to a business on Schoolhouse Road north of Laraway Road for a man who threatened to harm himself.
A concerned family member contacted authorities, and EMS was sent to the business to assess the man, the Will County Sheriff's office said.
The man presented a shotgun to both family members and EMS – and threatened to harm them as well as himself, the Will County Sheriff's office said.
Sheriff's police were called in and evacuated the area.
A handful of businesses were locked down, including a martial arts school.
Police eventually got three children and an instructor out safely.
As of 10 p.m., officers were still talking with the barricaded man.
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