A Normal Heights resident who allegedly attacked a tenant of his with a baseball bat throughout an argument early Thursday refused to depart his dwelling when police arrived, prompting an hours-long standoff that lastly ended after the suspect was arrested.
The alleged assault — which was reported within the 4800 block of thirty fifth Street, a block and a half off Adams Avenue in Normal Heights — occurred at round 6:30 Thursday morning.
As officers tried to get the suspect to exit his home and provides himself up peaceably, paramedics took the sufferer — who rents a cottage behind the suspect’s dwelling — to a hospital for remedy of non-life-threatening accidents.
The suspect remained barricaded in his dwelling for a minimum of an hour and a half regardless of instructions to give up, police stated. Law enforcement then dispatched particular weapons and techniques personnel to the home, surrounding and taping off the block.
The stalemate continued for a number of hours, till officers blew up a concussion grenade on the property at round 11 a.m., prompting the suspect to exit his dwelling and give up. He was taken into custody with out additional incident.
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