District 47 Schools on Lockdown

Photo credit: District 47 website

A soft lockdown is currently in place at three District 47 schools.

Indian Prairie, Glacier Ridge and Woods Creek schools have been placed on lockdown as Crystal Lake police investigate an “off-campus incident in that area of town,” according information posted on the District 47 website.

“While this is a precautionary measure they have asked that we not release students into the area as their investigation is on-going,” according to the District 47 message.

The District 47 message reads:

Students who live in this area who attend LMS are being retained at the building for either a parent pickup or a bus ride home once we are told we can do so. We will continue to work closely with the Crystal Lake Police Department as their investigation continues.

Meanwhile, a lockdown is also in place within District 300.

Crystal Lake police surrounded a home in the 1700 block of Sommerfield Lane Tuesday afternoon for a person who was possibly barricaded inside, according to the Lake & McHenry County Scanner Facebook page. A possibly armed subject ran into the home after a brief foot chase with officers.

Crystal Lake police have closed Golf Course Road between Village Road and Miller Road, according to the Lake & McHenry County Scanner Facebook page.

Patch has a call into the Crystal Lake Police Department and will update with more information as it becomes available.