3 Gunmen Barricaded In Joliet House For Hours: Sheriff

JOLIET, IL — The Will County Sheriff's Office announced that three young men are now in custody facing felony gun charges stemming from a drive-by shooting in Joliet Township on Saturday night that later led to the suspects barricading themselves in a house in the Ridgewood Area.

The three local residents now booked into the Will County Jail are Joseph Asbury-Butler, 22, Ricardo Barrios-Reyes, 26, and Miguel A. Barrios-Zacarias, 29.

Barrios-Reyes lives in Lockport. His two codefendants live in Joliet.

Around 7 p.m. Saturday, Will County raced to the 400 block of Siegmund Avenue in Joliet Township's Ingalls Park area for a shooting call. A house was shot up, and deputies recovered seven spent shell casings, reports show.

Witnesses described the getaway car as a red Mitsubishi or Pontiac with a loud exhaust. Minutes later, a Will County Sheriff’s deputy saw the vehicle driving fast and the deputy tried to pull over the car, but the driver kept going, the sheriff's office said.

All three men bailed from the vehicle and ran away, the sheriff's office said. People saw the three running through yards before scampering inside a house in the 1300 block of East Jackson Street, police said. Asbury-Butler lived at the residence, jail logs show.

As the night went on, the suspects barricaded themselves inside and refused to come out, police said.

"The suspects refused to exit the residence, and the standoff continued for many more hours," Deputy Chief Dan Jungles stated in Sunday's news release.

Will County called in its SWAT team to the house and "after attempting to make further contact with the occupants to no avail, SWAT personal deployed a distraction device and breached the front door of the residence. Instructions were given to the occupants to vacant the residence, to which they complied," Sunday's news release noted.

The three were taken to the Will County Public Safety Complex for interviews. All three suspects were charged with obstructing justice, aggravated fleeing and eluding, aggravated discharge of a gun and reckless conduct.

In addition, Miguel A. Barrios-Zacarias faced a felony burglary warrant.

All three Joliet area residents are now incarcerated at the Will County Adult Detention Facility and are awaiting a bail hearing for Monday.