Suspect Dead After 8-Hour-Long Joliet Standoff In Marycrest: WJOL

JOLIET, IL —The suspect who reportedly shot himself during an eight-hour standoff in Joliet's Marycrest subdivision has died, sheriff's officials told WJOL, according to the outlet.

The Will County Sheriff's Office had issued an update at 9:50 p.m. announcing that Monday's SWAT situation in Joliet's Marycrest subdivision had ended after the suspect suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

"The barricade situation has ended in the 200 block of Romayne Avenue in Joliet. After hours of negotiating with the barricaded subject, the Will County SWAT team breached the home and attempted to make contact with the subject. He was found inside the home with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and was rushed to St. Joseph Medical Center in critical condition. The Will/Grundy Major Crimes Task Force will now take over the investigation," Will County officials said in the update.

"Roads will be blocked off in the area for the next few hours. The Will County Sheriff's Office would like to thank the residents in the neighborhood for their cooperation and patience during this incident."

As of 7:20 p.m., the Will County Sheriff's Office had announced that the SWAT situation continued on Romayne Avenue with de-escalating negotiations continuing to occur. The incident began just before 1 p.m. on Joliet's west side.

Earlier in the day, the sheriff's office said conversation was ongoing between the armed suspect, crisis negotiators and the man's family members.

The sheriff's office said the incident began as the man in his forties was being pulled over this afternoon for multiple felony warrants. That initial traffic stop occurred in the 200 block of St. Jude Avenue, where police said the man crashed his car into a fence. He took off running and went inside a home, which was not his, two streets over on Romayne, where he remained for a more than eight-hour standoff with police, the sheriff's office said.

The neighborhood near Joyce between Jefferson Street and McDonough Street had numerous blocks shut down due to the police activity.

"We want to thank Joliet Police for their continued assistance in this incident today," the sheriff's office said.