Man With Gun Barricaded Himself In Plainfield Home After Crashing Car Occupied By Kids: Police

PLAINFIELD, IL — The "active incident" alert from Plainfield police Sunday night resulted from a man with a gun barricading himself inside a residence on Springview Court, officials said.

The incident began when the Plainfield Police Department received a report of a car crash on Renwick Road, west of Drauden Road, in which the occupants of the white SUV got out ofthe car and left the area on foot. The car was occupied by a man and three children, none of whom were injured, according to Cmdr. Anthony Novak.

"Several active incidents" were taking place in Plainfield at the same time, so police requested help from the Will County Sheriff's Office. The office's investigation indicated the man who had driven the car had barricaded himself inside his residence in the 25400 block of Springview Court and was in possession of a gun, Plainfield Cmdr. Kevin McQuaid wrote in a news release.

The children were inside a different house in the area at the time, according to Novak.

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Several officers from area police departments, including the Joliet Police Department Special Operations Squad (SOS), responded to assist. They established a perimeter around the residence and issued a reverse-911 notification to nearby residents. Police also issued an alert asking residents to avoid the area.

The SOS officers were able to communicate with the suspect, who later came out of the house and surrendered without further incident, according to the release. He was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

According to the alert issued Sunday night by Plainfield police, the incident was "peacefully resolved."

It was "more of a mental health incident than a criminal investigation," Cmdr. Anthony Novak told Patch. No criminal charges were filed, nor are any pending, he said.

"For our sake, being that there are no criminal charges pending and the case was closed administratively, there is no indication of [a gun or knife being pulled on someone] because if there were, my understanding is that would be a crime ... that would be aggravated assault with a firearm," Novak said.

At the same time as the barricade incident, four Plainfield officers were on a domestic battery assignment that involved "a struggle placing someone under arrest," according to Novak. Others responded to other "minor calls for service," including two juvenile complaints, a private property crash and a citizen assist.