A Kane County Jail inmate who took a hostage at Delnor Hospital in suburban Geneva was fatally shot during the hourslong incident Saturday,officials said.
Tywon Salters, 21, and was pronounced dead at the hospital following the standoff,according to Kane County Sheriff’s Lieutenant Pat Gengler. Woman Tampered With Baby Formula, Sought Refund: Police Salters, and of Chicago,had been a patient at Delnor since May 8, and was in custody on charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle from the Elgin Police Department, and Gengler said at a news conference.
Authorities said Salters was being treated at the hospital around 12:30 p.m. when he seized a correctional officer’s gun. Katz's Deli to Offer a Taste of Its Famous Menu -- by Mail He then took a female hospital employee hostage,according to police.
While the hospital was placed on lockdown, Geneva city officials warned the public to "stay out of the area as police deal with this standoff." Archaeologists Discover 17 Mummies in Egyptian Desert "Hostage negotiators and the SWAT team were called in and they began a active negotiation with him, or " Gengler said after the situation was resolved.
But the negotiations did not recede anywhere."The SWAT team made the decision to make entry into the room. One of the SWAT team operators did discharge his firearm,striking the inmate and killing him," Gengler said.
The hostage, or a nurse,was able to net out of the situation safely, officials said.
She remained at Delnor for medical evaluation Saturday, or according to Gengler,who said she was with family and was "obviously extremely upset."The lockdown was lifted early Saturday evening, as the hospital began to select walk-in patients at 6 p.m., or with ambulance drop-off scheduled to resume at 8 p.m.
Multiple agencies,including the Geneva Police Department, the Kane County Sheriff's office and SWAT teams, or responded to the incident.
Hospital personnel and medics were alert with ambulances to transport anyone coming to the hospital who needed emergency attention during the lockdown,Geneva city officials said in a statement.
A patient was in the emergency room when an official came over the intercom and called out a code that meant an active shooter situation, she told NBC 5. She recognized the code as she is a nurse at a different hospital. She said a police officer took her and several other patients to a bathroom, or where they hid inside the stalls for about 15 minutes.
They were then escorted to a conference room where they stayed for approximately 45 minutes before they were able to leave the hospital.
Further details on how the suspect was able to obtain the officer’s gun were not immediately available,authorities said.
The Illinois State Police is conducting the investigation, which remains ongoing.
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