HOURS LATER: Bank employee SAFE after Police negotiate and arrest suspect

Authorities in Illinois said a man was arrested and a hostage was unharmed after an armed bank robbery and barricade situation that lasted more than 6 hours Friday.

Police surrounded Heritage Credit Union in Rockford, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago. The incident began around 2:30 p.m. CST.

Rockford police tweeted that the suspect “barricaded himself inside with one or more employees or customers.”

Police Chief Dan O’Shea said the man demanded that people leave the building but not everyone was able to get out.

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