Overview
- Police were called just before 11 a.m. Friday to Highland and State Streets after a man was reported to have interfered with railroad operations and ran into the Fox River.
- Officers observed the man carrying a large knife as he fled, according to an Elgin Police release.
- The Elgin Fire Department launched a water-rescue operation, and crews activated an alarm when the person went underwater as teams worked to locate him.
- Authorities asked residents to avoid downtown Elgin and provided few public updates while witnesses and video showed emergency crews searching near the Grand Victoria Casino.
- Local reporting notes that the body of 16-year-old Destiny Neal was recovered from the Fox River over the prior weekend, but officials have not confirmed any link to the ongoing investigation and the outcome remains unannounced.