Posted on 10/01/2014 2:12:37 PM PDT by ruralvoter
An armed employee who was trying to shut down water filtration equipment at a northwest suburban water reclamation plant has been taken into custody.
911 callers reported an armed man, possibly with a hostage, trying to shut down equipment just before noon at the Fox River Water Reclamation District at 875 Dana Dr. in Elgin, according to Elgin police.
Officers found the man, armed with a handgun, near the building and attempted to negotiate with him, police said. The man refused to surrender and officers used a rubber bullet, similar to a bean bag round, to incapacitate him.
The man was taken into custody and transported to a hospital, police said.
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. I would have said "similar to a comfy chair," but I'm not a trained journalist.
Did his name include “mohammed” in any form?
25 years as an employee,, at a waste water treatment facility,, sounds like he was wasted.. Looks like retirement is finally here for him.
Ah, government worker = life-time work.
Poor soul.
He just couldn't take the shit anymore!
More likely his boss was giving him a bunch of it and was endanger of losing every thing.
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