{"id":750924,"date":"2026-04-24T23:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/750924\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T23:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:40:19","slug":"police-presence-near-jacksonville-middle-school-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/750924\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Presence Near Jacksonville Middle School | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Thomas<\/p>\n

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Thomas Loughary, 37<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WICS\/WRSP)\u2014 A 37-year-old man was arrested after a roughly 10-hour standoff with police early Friday following a reported domestic battery and gunfire incident, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Officers with the Jacksonville Police Department were dispatched at about 1:23 a.m. to the 700 block of Park Street for a report of domestic battery. When officers arrived, they located a victim who told police that Thomas M. Loughary, who was known to them, had struck them during an altercation. Police said a firearm was discharged during the incident.<\/p>\n

The victim was taken to Jacksonville Memorial Hospital for treatment and later released.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Loughary barricaded himself inside a residence in the same block. Officers secured the area and evacuated nearby homes as a precaution. Investigators obtained a search warrant with assistance from the Morgan County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

The Jacksonville Police Department\u2019s Special Response Team, along with the Illinois State Police SWAT Team, responded to the scene and began negotiating with Loughary.<\/p>\n

He later surrendered without incident and was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Loughary was arrested on charges of domestic battery, aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of a weapon with a revoked FOID card. He was booked into the Morgan County Jail and is awaiting a court appearance.<\/p>\n

The Morgan County Sheriff\u2019s Office, South Jacksonville Police Department, Illinois State Police and LifeStar Ambulance assisted during the incident.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WICS\/WRSP)\u2014 Illinois State Police and the Jacksonville Police Department have confirmed that the armed subject, who had been barricaded alone inside a home, has safely exited the residence and is now in custody.<\/p>\n

JPD officers responded around 1 a.m. to a home in the 700 block of Park Street in Jacksonville for a domestic disturbance in which shots were reportedly fired. \u200b<\/p>\n

JPD officers communicated with the subject, but he was initially uncooperative \u200b JPD requested ISP to respond with crisis negotiators and SWAT officers. \u200b<\/p>\n

At approximately 11:30 a.m., the subject exited the house and has was taken into custody for medical evaluation. \u200b<\/p>\n

There were no injuries to officers or the subject.<\/p>\n

\"700<\/p>\n

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700 block of Park Street in Jacksonville<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WICS\/WRSP)\u2014 Our team has confirmed a SWAT team has taken a man into custody and is now clearing and searching the home.<\/p>\n

The man was standing outside of the home in the 700 block of Park Street when the SWAT team tackled him.<\/p>\n

The man is currently in handcuffs and sitting in a SWAT truck. The SWAT team has entered the house with guns drawn.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WICS\/WRSP)\u2014 Illinois State Police and local law enforcement are continuing to respond to a barricaded subject believed to be armed, but alone, in a home in the 700 block of Park Street in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

ISP confirm this is not a hostage situation. \u200b<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Middle school is closed for the day, and outside activities at an area college are cancelled. ISP ensure that the public is not at risk at this time. \u200b<\/p>\n

This is a developing story.<\/p>\n

ORIGINAL:<\/strong><\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WICS\/WRSP)\u2014 Jacksonville School District 117 has cancelled classes for Jacksonville Middle School today due to an active crime scene near the school.<\/p>\n

District administrators have been told by police that the situation is dangerous. The other JSD 117 schools will hold classes as normal.<\/p>\n

The Jacksonville Police Department has confirmed a large presence in the area, but could not release anymore details about the situation at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thomas Loughary, 37 UPDATE: JACKSONVILLE, Ill. (WICS\/WRSP)\u2014 A 37-year-old man was arrested after a roughly 10-hour standoff with…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":750925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,32676,3534,3188,723,7310,236917,308865,7207,5292,122106,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-750924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-crime-scene","tag-emergency","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-middle-school","tag-jsd-117","tag-police","tag-public-safety","tag-school-closure","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}