Burglary Suspect Charged After Police Standoff

EVANSTON, IL - Police in Evanston have made an arrest in Tuesday afternoon’s barricade situation that closed traffic in the area of Asbury Avenue for hours.

Justin W. Cunnea-Lamerdin, 25, of Skokie brandished what was later found out to be a BB gun at officers who were called to the 1300 block of Asbury for a call of a garage being opened at a vacant home around 1:55 p.m. that day, according to police, who found Cunnea-Lamerdin inside the home pulling down exposed copper wire. After a foot chase that progressed through private property, police fired two rounds at Cunnea-Lamerdin, causing him to drop the gun.

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He was later charged with one count of burglary, two felony counts of resisting a peace officer and two counts of aggravated assault to a police officer with a firearm. Police found him in the 1300 block of Greenwood Street after setting up a barricade and blocking off traffic on Asbury and surrounding streets.

Cunnea-Lamerdin was not injured. The officers involved in the incident were shaken up, but not physically injured in the incident.

The Evanston Police Department’s Office of Professional Standards will investigate the internal use of force involved.