Gary SWAT standoff prompted chase leading to IUN officer crash

GARY | A Monday afternoon chase of a man wanted on warrant in two counties led to a standoff with Gary SWAT teams and a crash involving an Indiana University Northwest squad car that sent an officer to the hospital.

Law enforcement, public must work together

Police enter a real estate building last May in Valparaiso after a gunman fired shots inside.

Murder suspect surrenders after taking hostages

GARY | A man wanted in connection with a Hammond murder took a group of people hostage for four hours Thursday night before surrendering to police, Lake County Sheriff John Buncich said.

Gunman dead following hostage standoff

Carolyn Biesen, left, and another hostage, run May 25 from the Prudential Executive Group building in Valparaiso as police protect them during a standoff with a gunman who later took his own life.

C.P. man charged in standoff at his home on Christmas Day

CROWN POINT | Authorities on Wednesday charged Robert Gunter, 46, of Crown Point, with intimidation in connection with a Christmas Day standoff at Gunter's home.

Crown Point man arrested after standoff with SWAT team

CROWN POINT | Police took a Crown Point man into custody early Wednesday after he allegedly threatened to shoot family members and a neighbor on Christmas Day.

Valpo hostage standoff contained lessons for businesses

PORTER | The standoff at a Valparaiso real estate office in May was presented Wednesday as a cautionary tale to other business owner learning to avoid violent conflicts.

Four-hour standoff ends with man evaluated in Valparaiso

VALPARAISO | A standoff with police in the 1000 block of Elmhurst Street ended about 8:30 p.m. Monday with a man taken to a local hospital.

SWAT teams don't just learn on the fly

A SWAT officer runs to a standoff with a gunman inside a Prudential building May 25 in Valparaiso.

SWAT teams don't just learn on the fly

Police talk with a SWAT medic during standoff with a gunman May 25 inside a Prudential Executive real estate building in Valparaiso.

SWAT teams don't just learn on the fly

Police surround a Prudential Executive real estate business May 25 in Valparaiso after a gunman fired shots inside the building.

VIDEO: Standoff in Valparaiso

A standoff with police at a real estate office ended shortly before 5 p.m. Police said the gunman suffered two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head.

Chief: Officers went by the book in stabilizing standoff

A police negotiator runs down Roosevelt Road during a police standoff with a gunman at a Prudential Executive building in Valparaiso on Friday.

Fiancee says Valpo gunman was a loving man, a former hero

Police enter the Prudential Executive Group building in Valparaiso after a gunman fired shots inside Friday. The hostage taker, Roy L. Ferguson, 48, likely suffered three gunshot wounds from two different weapons, Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris said Saturday. That report comes one day af…

Gunman dead following hostage standoff

Police surround the Prudential Executive Group building in Valparaiso after a gunman fired shots inside.

Gunman dead following hostage standoff

Police enter the Prudential Executive Group building in Valparaiso during Friday's standoff.

Gunman dead following hostage standoff

One of the hostages, left, is comforted Friday after being released from the Prudential Executive Group building in Valparaiso during a police standoff with a gunman.

Gunman dead following hostage standoff

Carolyn Biesen, left, and another hostage, run Friday from the Prudential Executive Group building in Valparaiso as police protect them during a standoff.