The search for a suspect in a bank robbery that forced two west suburban schools into a lockdown ended Thursday afternoon when the suspect shot and killed himself outside a high school, police said.
At approximately 4:30 p.m., a Hillside Police officer observed a man fitting the description of the bank robbery suspect walking down the street in the 200 block of N Wolf Road, near Proviso West High School.
The officer approached the man, who then pointed a gun at himself and fired one shot into his head, police said.
The man was later identified as Christopher Stephen, of Villa Park.
Authorities said Stephen robbed an Inland Bank on in Elmhurst
Two west suburban schools were placed on lockdown while police searched for a bank robbery suspect in the Elmhurst area Wednesday.
Police began searching the area around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday after a man robbed an Inland Bank at 539 S. Spring Rd.
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Lincoln Elementary School and Madison Early Childhood Center were placed on lock down while police searched the area, authorities said.
The perimeter was released just before 3 p.m. and the lockdowns were lifted.
Authorities said the Elmhurst and Hillside Police Departments are involved, as are the FBI and U.S. Marshals, and the investigation is ongoing.
