Romeoville police said there was a man armed with a gun inside the bank at 275 S. Weber Road around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday. At least one person was seen being wheeled out of the bank on a stretcher.
Police said no one else is inside the bank and the suspect is communicating with police on the scene with a social worker and negotiator present.
The FBI confirmed it also is responding to the scene, and Will County officials said their sheriffs and a SWAT team were also sent to the bank.
Police said it is an isolated incident and does not appear to be a bank robbery at this point. Nearby residents said they were startled by a loud noise.
“It sounded like a gunshot came in the building, or a canister got shot in,” witness Peter Mars said. “Everyone walking in the building, it seemed like they defused the situation, but I’m not sure.”
Police had shut down Weber Road between Highpoint Drive and Airport Road, but it has since reopened to traffic.
The bank and adjacent strip mall remain closed.
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