Police SWAT Swarms Hickory Hills Apartment Building After Shots Fired: Cops

HICKORY HILLS, IL -- An Arlington Heights woman was arrested after admitting that she had fired two rounds off inside a Hickory Hills apartment building on Sunday evening, police said.

Laura Fitter, 29, was charged with misdemeanor attempted reckless discharge of a firearm and resisting a police officer.

Hickory Hills Police Chief Alan Vodicka said that officers responded to a report of shots fired around 7:45 p.m. at an apartment building in the 8100 block of West 87th Street.

Residents directed to officers to a unit where the shots came from on the third floor. Officers went to apartment and knocked on the door several times, and heard what sounded like someone barricading the door from inside, police said.

Fearing a possible barricade situation, a police SWAT team was summoned to the scene. A short time later, someone unlocked the door and officers took the occupants into custody.

When the SWAT team arrived, police were able to access a bedroom where a fourth person was found holed up inside, Vodicka said.

The woman, later identified as Flitter, was uncooperative with police. Vodicka said Flitter spit and kicked the officer.

The three men inside the unit were more cooperative. After a brief interview with all four, it was determined they had gone out on to the balcony and fired the gun, according to court records.

Vodicka said officers recovered two spent shell casings and a live round at the residence. The men were released without being charged. Flitter was taken into police custody, who allegedly battled police as she was taken into custody.

The Cook County assistant state’s attorney would not sign off on felony charges. Flitter was subsequently brought up on misdemeanor charges.

The judge set Flitter’s bail at $10,000.

Photo: Police gather in the 8100 block of West 87th Street in Hickory Hills after shots are fired inside an apartment building. | Facebook