Officers and health care professionals have secured the scene where an “emotionally disturbed” person was holed up inside an Evanston home containing firearms Friday evening, Evanston police said.
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Late Friday afternoon, officers “made entry” into the individual’s apartment in the 900 block of Michigan Avenue, police said in a statement late Friday.
The person was “not present,” and the area is now secure. Roads were reopened and police cleared the scene. A smaller police presence remained as the investigation continues.
There were no shots fired but the presence of firearms inside the home and the assessed emotional state of the individual prompted the soft lockdown for Lincoln Elementary School, which is in the immediate vicinity, as a precautionary measure.
The lockdown was then expanded to include all Evanston K-12 schools and daycares after the police investigation indicated the individual may have entered the downtown area.
A shelter-in-place order was not issued, and police did not believe there was a danger to the general public.
The initial investigation indicated that the individual involved may have fled the scene prior to officers’ arrival, or may have returned to a unit inside the building.
The ordeal started about 3:30 p.m. at an apartment building at the Michigan Avenue address, police earlier tweeted.