Several in custody after law enforcement swarms suburban Chicago neighborhood

Yeah, sources actually tell me several people are in custody in connection with whatever is happening in Dixmoor. We know Saquon has been on the ground all morning long for us, witnessing exactly what has unfolded, including someone getting CPR in the back of an ambulance chest compressions. Say, is there anything new that you can disclose for us this morning? Well, I honestly haven't had much luck in even tracking down an official who I can speak to and ask questions about. I did kind of run after an FBI agent or someone who's at least associated with the FBI, kind of looked like an investigator. But he did tell me that there's no threat to the public. That was very important because obviously when you think of a police presence like this in your neighborhood, you obviously have some concerns. So no threat to the public at all, that's confirmed. And he also said that the FBI is expected to talk about this in some sort of way. We don't know if it's gonna be a press conference. It's likely going to just be a press release where we can learn some more information that kind of gives us an idea as to what happened here. As we know, and as I mentioned in the last 30 minutes ago, we've learned from a police source that about five people are said to be in custody right now in connection to this. We don't know who they are. We don't know their ages. We don't know why. But we do know that there has been a police presence here for hours at this point. You can see this entire area here at the corner of 145th and Cooper in Dixmoor is blocked off right now, this entire street, in fact. We've seen some residents having a hard time getting to their houses today, and they're kind of working with authorities to try to figure out how they can best get to their destinations. You know, something that's interesting, too, is, guys, I've never seen more FBI agents arriving to the scene where it's pretty much already controlled by the FBI. I mean, at this point, yes, we're seeing Dixmoor police and yes, we are seeing Cook County Sheriff's Office who have confirmed that they're assisting in this investigation. But as far as any of the action goes, you know, it's really been the FBI. We saw them lining up. We saw them make forcible entry. We heard them using things like flashbangs to get inside. We even saw them using drones at some point. And we did see, as you mentioned earlier, Tia, you know, there was a person on the ground that these FBI agents were all basically on top of. And we saw that person getting loaded into the back of an ambulance, and they drove off. Now, they didn't drive off right away from the scene. They actually stayed on scene for about five minutes or so before they actually left this residential area. They did ultimately leave with sirens and lights on later, but originally they took off pretty quietly. I did try to ask that FBI official whether he could tell me anything about that person who was transported to the hospital, or so we think. And he couldn't tell me anything. And he kind of just alluded to the fact that the FBI would be giving out some more information sometime this morning. That's typical, right? I mean, an investigation takes time. And obviously, we saw that person getting loaded into the back of the ambulance not too long ago. So now, typically in these situations, we see investigators going inside, collecting any sort of evidence that they can. But what's interesting is we've seen more of these investigators going door to door right now at a lot of these homes on the same street, but not much of the typical investigation that we're used to where all of these authorities go inside and take pictures and bring cameras out. So we're trying to figure out exactly what's happening because obviously this is still active and roads are blocked off. There's no threat to the public, but there's still many questions because there were already like 10, 15 FBI agents on scene. And then I would say an additional five to six more FBI agents pulled up in just the last 10 minutes. So lots of questions here. We do hope to get some more answers for you guys. In the meantime, I know it can be frustrating to not have that sort of clarity, just like for many of these people who are in the neighborhood right now. They're trying to figure out what's going on too. So hopefully we can hear from the FBI more on this soon. And it does sound like the FBI is kind of the lead agency on this as they are the ones that are expected to talk. So we'll continue checking in with you guys, and we'll let you know what we hear. Hey, Say, have you been able to talk to any neighbors? And I ask that because this is why people do not trust those in authority. And you said it, if neighbors don't know what's going on, they have a right to know. We are taxpayers, we pay their paychecks. And how frightening. And if they're telling you don't worry, no threat to the public, yet there are dozens of FBI agents continuing to arrive on scene That to me seems like a still active scene, and there is a threat to the public. So I guess I'm angry for the people who live there not knowing what is going on in their neighborhood and now they can't even get to their house. Yeah, absolutely, Natalie, I think you're hitting it right on the nail there. I think for a lot of these residents, of course, they're gonna be frustrated. And it seems like some of these people who were very obviously in distress earlier when all of this was going on, it seemed like they knew the person who was being transported into the ambulance, whether that's a friend, whether that's a neighbor that they're close with a family member. I will say there was one person in particular who really caught my attention because she was the one doing most of the yelling. She was saying they shot my baby. She was saying they're doing CPR and we saw that happening in real time. The interesting thing is the same people who were in distress earlier are all still here except I'm not seeing that one woman. So it's possible maybe she is working with authorities right now and maybe she is getting those answers. But at this point, I mean, I've tried and everyone's just standing around waiting for any of these authorities to just approach these people at this point. I mean, I did see an FBI official talking with that woman who was really in distress earlier today, who was the one that was saying that they shot my baby. And it sounded like they were doing something or having some sort of conversation, but I wasn't able to see where they actually went. So it's possible that maybe she is working with authorities right now. But at least for the folks out here, they're looking at me, I'm looking at them. confused. We're trying to get answers and hopefully we can get that to you guys soon. I know you said that woman, you don't see her out there now. Is there still a crowd out there, Say? Yeah, I don't want to show you guys the crowd just because they are still in distress, I would say. And I just out of respect for all of these people who got out here in the middle of the day or whatever, they probably were in bed and came out to this huge scene. So I don't want to necessarily show that. But yeah, there's a decent crowd out here of people who have been living in this neighborhood, it sounds like for a while. The first woman I talked to was actually on the other side of where we are, on the opposite side of the street. And she was saying, I came out here because I heard what sounded like gunshots, but no one can tell me anything. And so that was even at what, 6 o'clock or 6.30, I can't remember exactly when we got here, but right when we first got there. And so she asked me to go to these officers and ask if there's anything that she should be worried about. And even they just said, there's not really much we can say. So yeah, I think Natalie, you absolutely have a point. I think these people are demanding transparency and I think they're valid in doing that. But also with that in mind, we also know that it takes time sometimes for these investigators to figure out how they're gonna present some of the evidence that they might have already, how they're gonna say it. And I do understand the frustration here because everyone's trying to just figure out what's going on. Yeah, I mean, you've got military vehicles on your street in front of your house. All right, thanks so much, Say. Yeah, and I do want to point out the fact that we have had the village president, also known as the mayor of Dixmoor on Fox Chicago before Fitzgerald Roberts talking about water issues. We are actively working to get him hopefully on the phone today to talk about what's going on there, at least tell the people there's no threat to the public if that is the case. So we're working to make that happen for you right here on Good Day Chicago.