JOLIET (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A person was shot to death by Joliet police officers after a hostage standoff Monday in the southwest suburb.
Joliet officers were called about 4:10 a.m. for reports of a domestic battery in progress in the 1200 block of Justice Lake Drive in Joliet, according to a statement from the Will County sheriff’s office. Officers arrived to find the home on fire.
Police entered the residence and “were confronted with a hostage situation,” the sheriff’s office said. The suspect fired a handgun at the officers and one officer shot the suspect.
The suspect was dead at the scene, the sheriff’s office said. Three officers were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not thought to be life-threatening, although it was not immediately clear whether any of the officers were shot or as a result of the fire.
The victim was taken to Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, according to the sheriff’s office.
Authorities did not release the ages or genders of the suspect or the victim.
Joliet police turned the investigation over to the Will Grundy Major Crimes Task Force, the department said in a statement on its Facebook page.