By WMBD TV
MACOMB – The Macomb police officers who were shot by an unnamed person have been released from a Peoria hospital, the police chief said Thursday morning.
A bit more than 15 hours after the two officers were shot in the 300 block of North Normal Street, the chief updated reporters during a very brief news conference. He took no questions and spoke for less than three minutes.Play Video
The chief, Jeff Hamer, said the officers were initially treated in Macomb and then taken to OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center. He said the two officers were discharged Thursday and will be sent home.
He urged people to stay away from the area around Normal Street, saying the suspect — it was unknown if it was a man or a woman — remained barricaded in the home. One person was interviewed and released last night.
The officers were at the house to serve a search warrant and when they entered the property and announced they were officers, they were shot, Hamer said.
Members of the Illinois State Police SWAT team as well as their crisis negotiation team were on hand. Also, on hand were other regional and local law enforcement groups who were helping with the investigation.
There is no threat to the community, he said. Western Illinois University closed both its Macomb campus and its one in the Quad Cities as a result of the shooting.
The university postponed the Civil Service Employees Council Town Hall with Interim President Mindrup and the Student Town Hall, Conversations with Cabinet, to a later date. The campus community will be notified when a new date has been determined.
Hamer said the investigation into what happened will now be conducted by the Illinois State Police as required by departmental policy.
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