A shelter-in-place order was issued for residents in a subdivision in Lake in the Hills but has since been lifted as law enforcement and SWAT responded to an incident Thursday morning.
The Lake in the Hills Police Department issued a Nixle alert around 9:54 a.m. Thursday that a shelter-in-place advisory was issued but did not specify the radius of the order.
The department asked people to avoid the block encompassing Washington Street, Lincoln Street, McKinley Street and Clayton Marsh Drive.
Officials said in the alert that it was due to “local police activity” but did not provide further information.
Residents and motorists in the area reported seeing heavy police activity, including the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team.
The activity appeared to be focused on the 1400 block of Clayton Marsh Drive.
The police department issued an updated Nixle alert around 10:40 a.m. saying the shelter-in-place has been canceled.
The alert said the police activity in the area of Clayton Marsh Drive and Washington Street, which do not intersect, had “safely concluded.”
Officials added that there was “no longer” a threat to public safety.
“Thank you for your cooperation in this law enforcement matter,” the alert said.
A nearby pre-school was reportedly on lockdown but other schools in the Lake in the Hills area were not reported to be on lockdown.
A spokesperson for District 47 told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that Indian Prairie Elementary School, which is approximately a half-mile to the west, “did not receive guidance from the police department prompting a lockdown.”
A spokesperson for Community Unit School District 300 said no schools in the district went on lockdown on Thursday morning.
The Lake in the Hills Police Department has not released any further information on the incident as of late Thursday morning.