What started as a Friday afternoon near a Schaumburg retention pond quickly turned tense after someone spotted something floating in the water and feared it might be a human body.
Police and emergency crews converged on the pond near East Algonquin Road and Parkside Drive, stringing yellow tape and blocking off the area as they tried to determine what was in the water. Traffic slowed in the immediate area while officers secured the scene and worked along the shoreline. By midafternoon, authorities had not yet confirmed exactly what the object was.
Police confirm response; investigators probing
Deputy Chief Joseph Dugan said officers were called to the pond after a report of a floating object possibly a human body and that they were still…..