Steeple Run Lockdown Lifted, Police Searching for Burglary Suspect
Steeple Run Elementary school in unincorporated Naperville was on lockdown for several hours this morning after reports of shots being fired during a home invasion in a nearby neighborhood.
An elementary school in unincorporated Naperville was on lockdown for several hours early this morning after reports of shots being fired during a home invasion in a nearby neighborhood, Chicago Tribune reports.
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A text message, voicemail and email were sent to Steeple Run Elementary school parents alerting them to keep their children inside shortly before 7 a.m. when the police activity occurred. The lockdown at Steeple Run was lifted at 9:45 a.m. once the area was deemed safe, Naperville School District 203 Director of Communications Susan Rice said.
“Never at anytime was there an individual on school premises,” Rice said.
The district was notified by the DuPage County Sheriff's office regarding the home invasion shortly before 7 a.m. Police told the district they were searching for an armed suspect and the school was then placed on lockdown.
"School had not begun, but students were being picked up by the school buses," she said. "The school buses were then diverted to Kennedy Junior High."
The home invasion was reported in the Steeple Run subdivision in unincorporated Naperville after a man told police someone broke into his home. The intruder escaped after the homeowner fired at him, according to ABC 7.
Rice said students were back in school by 9:45 a.m. after police thoroughly searched the school and deemed the area safe.
A DuPage County Sheriff's office spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
To read more, visit ABC 7 and Chicago Tribune.
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Steeple Run Elementary School
6s151 Steeple Run Dr, Naperville, IL -
Naperville Community Unit School District 203
203 W Hillside Rd, Naperville, IL -
Kennedy Junior High School
2929 Green Trails Dr, Lisle, IL
Despiser of Obama
11:51 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Too bad the scum wasn't D.O.A., maybe they wlll find him in a field dead.
Martin
1:36 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
I had a Joliet cop fly past at 7:30 on his way up there. Wondered why a Joliet cop was running Naper-Plainfield, 75th, and then Naper Blvd with lights at 7 in the morning. Why did it take 4 hours for an article to appear?
Emmy (Emerson)
2:40 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Ya, this morning all the steeple run students were at my school and all us students were wondering what was going on. We also had a lock down for 45 minutes.
Steeple Run man
4:25 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
I love the guy who shot at this intruder. We need more neighbors like him who protect our nation and our neighborhoods. God bless you sir!
Despiser of Obama
4:25 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Martin it could have be a K/9 unit from Joliet.
Despiser of Obama
4:37 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Plus the news should get it correct. It's not Naperville , but Lisle Township and that area is unincorporated and most likely one day would be Lisle.
Jane
11:13 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Steeple Run is in the Lisle Park District, Lisle Library District, Lisle-Woodridge Fire District. Steeple Run just came off well water and Lisle acts as the pass-through agent for distributing Lake Michigan water to the county-owned Steeple Run water system. Yet the Village can't seem to address Oakview water...
Frenchy
7:05 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
I was wondering why there were sheriff, lisle police and naperville police all over in the intersection of Maple and Naperville Road in the morning!
smartthinker
7:09 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Sorry Despiser, the addresses in Steeple Run ARE Naperville post office. It is Unincorporated Naperville. Much of the eastern side of Naperville is also in Lisle Township, even though it may be in the city of Naperville. I hope it always remains unincorporated. I do enjoy the lower taxes!!!
smartthinker
7:12 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Guess i will be exercising my right to bear arms with a nice new Christmas present this year! Let's hop concealed carry finally passes in Illinois (not that it was necessary in this situation), so more of these scumbags think twice before confronting someone!!!
bluebird
6:25 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
This is the second time this school year that the Steeple Run area has experienced some sort of burglary which necessitated a lockdown of the elementary school. Interesting.....