An overnight standoff between police and a man believed to have a gun ended Sunday morning in Mundelein when a 25-year-old suspect was removed from a home.
No charges had been filed against the man Sunday afternoon, according to Mundelein police.
The man, a guest in the home, was admitted to Condell Medical Center in Libertyville for observation and was listed in fair condition, according to Marlene Obenauf, a nursing supervisor.
The homeowner, who arrived at his residence at 411 Whittier Lane after the standoff began about 5 p.m. Saturday, is a gun collector, and police took about 50 firearms, including shotguns and collectible weapons, into safekeeping.
Most of the weapons were under lock-and-key. The man removed from the home is alleged to have had access to one or two weapons. Open containers of liquor also were discovered inside the home, police said.
The home’s owner, Kevin Winkler, 44, was charged with not having a valid firearm identification card, Mundelein Sgt. Paul Werfelmann said.
The incident began when police received a call that shots possibly had been fired in the area of Whittier and Longfellow Lanes about 5:10 p.m. Saturday.
The caller said the person allegedly firing about two rounds from a handgun had moved from the back yard to inside the home, police said.
Upon arrival, police were unable to speak with the home’s occupants, either face-to-face or via the telephone.
In addition to Mundelein officers, members of the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System, a tactical unit, were on the scene for much of the night.
Two men, apparently guests in the home, chose to leave the house Saturday evening.
About 8:30 p.m., Michael W. Witnik, 24, of 1505 Idlewild Drive, Round Lake Beach, came out of the home on his own. He has been charged with attempted obstruction of justice, police said.
Within a half-hour, after speaking on the phone with police, a 16-year-old boy who had remained inside the house also left the building. He has been referred to the Juvenile Court for possible charges, police said.
The two told police they did not feel in danger.
“They were kind of bewildered that the police were there,” Werfelmann said.
The situation continued to drag on throughout the evening and forced residents of several nearby homes within the line of possible gunfire to spend the night elsewhere, police said.
At about 7 a.m. Sunday, after tear gas failed to get the suspect to stir, officers went inside and “extricated him from the attic,” without incident, Werfelmann said.
