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Call of person with gun leads to lockdown at Westfield Old Orchard shopping center in Skokie, Illinois
Police determined a quarrel between two people was the cause of the security scare. Both were located and apprehended, police said.
2 in custody after dispute leads to lockdown at Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie
Two individuals have been detained by police after a dispute resulted in a lockdown and large police presence at Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie on Tuesday afternoon.
No charges filed after lockdown at Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie
The mall was on lockdown for about an hour and a half before police gave the all-clear and normal activities resumed.
Skokie, Illinois police release both people apprehended after Old Orchard shopping center security scare
The two people arrested after a security scare that prompted a lockdown at the Westfield Old Orchard shopping center in Skokie, Illinois this week.
No charges for pair detained after Skokie’s Old Orchard Mall lockdown, police say
SKOKIE, Ill. - There were no injuries after a verbal altercation at Westfield Old Orchard Mall in north suburban Skokie prompted a police response and temporary lockdown on Tuesday afternoon. About an hour after the initial incident, workers and patrons were given the "all clear" and normal mall operations resumed.
Lockdown lifted at Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie
The mall, at 4905 Old Orchard Center, was placed on a temporary lockdown about 3 p.m. Tuesday for reports of shots fired. The Skokie Police Department said at 3:44 p.m. that the calls were unfounded,
What happened at Westfield Old Orchard Mall? What we know as lockdown leads to scary scene
Employees and shoppers told NBC Chicago they were barricaded inside stores and stock rooms as the lockdown at the suburban mall went into effect.
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