Overview
- Officers responded around 1:35 a.m. Wednesday after a man entered the school through an unlocked first-floor window.
- The intruder demanded money from a maintenance worker and fled after encountering a second employee, with no weapon reported.
- The suspect is described as a Black male, 50 to 60 years old, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, with gray facial hair.
- He was last seen walking south on Forest Avenue wearing a black puffy coat, dark baseball cap, green pants, tan boots and gloves, and carrying a black drawstring bag.
- School leaders said exterior doors were locked, staff swept the building before students arrived, and anyone with information should call Downers Grove Police at 630-434-5600.