Hostage situation ends in deaths of 19-year-old gunman and victim in Polo

POLO, Ill. (WTVO) — A 19-year-old hostage taking gunman is dead, along with one of his victims, during a incident in Polo Saturday night.

According to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office, around 11:58 p.m., the 911 center received a call that a man had been shot with a handgun in the 500 block of W. Mason Street.

Deputies learned the 19-year-old suspect had shot the victim and was holding other household members hostage…

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