Subject was resident of Villa Park
By Dee Longfellow
For The Independent
On Thursday, May 26, the search for the suspect in the robbery of the Inland Bank on Spring Road in Elmhurst ended when the subject shot and killed himself in front of a police officer in Hillside near Proviso West High School. The incident took place at about 4:30 p.m.
According to reports, a Hillside police officer spotted a man who fit the description of a suspect in the robbery of the Inland Bank at 239 Spring Road in Elmhurst. The man was walking on the 200 block of No. Wolf Road near Proviso West High School, when the officer approached him. At that time, the suspect reportedly pulled out a gun and fired one shot into his own head, police said.
The man has been identified as Christopher Stephen, a resident of Villa Park.
On Wednesday, May 25, Lincoln Elementary and the Madison Early Childhood Center, two public schools in Elmhurst School District 204, were placed on lockdown while police searched the area after Inland Bank on Spring Road in Elmhurst had reported a robbery. About 3 p.m., the lockdown was lifted and the perimeter was released.
The investigation continued by not only the Elmhurst and Hillside police departments but also the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
