Two police shot; suspect holes up in grocery

LINDENHURST, Illinois (CNN) -- Police say a man shot two police officers -- one of them critically -- and then barricaded himself inside a Lindenhurst supermarket Monday evening. He continued to hold dozens of police at bay into the early morning hours of Tuesday, officials said.

The incident began around 6 p.m. Monday when the Illinois State Police undercover officers involved in a gun trafficking investigation confronted a suspect about a block from Eagle Country Market in Lindenhurst, said Capt. Dave Sanders, of the state police.

The suspect shot two policemen and then barricaded himself inside the market, Sanders said.

Deputy Chief Fred Heidecke with the Lake Co. Sheriff's Office described the suspect as a white male. He said law enforcement officials are in phone contact with the man and are trying to figure out a peaceful solution to the standoff.

Heidecke said no hostages were taken and everyone had been accounted for from the store.

A 38-year-old police officer with two bullet wounds was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where spokeswoman Barb Pool said he had come out of surgery and was in critical but stable condition.

The second officer was shot twice in his bullet-proof vest and taken to Provena St. Therese Hospital in Waukegan, where he was treated and released. Hospital spokesman Larry Stanley said the office had a bruised chest, but that was the extent of his injuries.

Lindenhurst is a community of 8,000 about 44 miles north of Chicago.