A Homer Glen man is accused of recklessly firing a gun and Will County sheriff’s deputies recovered “hundreds of rounds” of ammunition in the investigation, the sheriff’s office said.
On Sunday, Michael Farrell, 52, was taken to the Will County jail after his arrest on probable cause of reckless discharge of a firearm and aggravated battery, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.
Court records on Monday did not yet show formal charges against Farrell.
Deputies responded to the shooting at 7:35 a.m. Sunday in the 16100 block of Twin Oak Court in Homer Glen, police said.
A woman had reported hearing shots coming from a residence near her home after she saw her neighbor acting erratically and screaming outside, police said.
The woman saw the same neighbor with hands in the air and appearing to pray, police said.
The woman reported hearing shots fired from inside that neighbor’s residence and then saw the neighbor tossing items throughout his yard, police said.
When deputies arrived on scene, they heard about 13 shots fired from the area of the suspect’s residence, police said.
That led to deputies establishing a perimeter and issuing a shelter-in-place warning to nearby residents, police said.
The Will County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team and crisis negotiations team was called to the scene.
A person matching the description of the suspect was seen entering a parked van and he was told by deputies to exit the vehicle, police said.
A deputy deployed a Taser on the man after he began to walk toward them in an aggressive manner and refused to obey their commands, police said.
The man was identified as Farrell.
Farrell was accused of threatening to kill the deputies, bumping them with his shoulders and kicking at them, police said.
Once Farrell was in custody, deputies searched his residence and discovered evidence of a shooting, a handgun on a kitchen counter, two other firearms and “hundreds of rounds” of ammunition, police said.

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