“It’s an ongoing event,” Chief Deputy Justin Smith from the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi said at a news conference Tuesday.
The 30-year-old escapee, Joshua Zimmerman, is alone in the restaurant and no civilians are at risk, Smith said.
He is wanted for murder, escape and armed robbery, according to the US Marshals Service.
Marshals informed the sheriff’s office Tuesday that Zimmerman had been located at a restaurant and was barricaded inside the building, Smith said.
Video from CNN affiliate WBBM shows the Chicago Police Department SWAT team at the scene.
CNN has reached out to the Marshals Service for comment.
The sheriff’s office is hoping Zimmerman will be detained and extradited to Mississippi so they can interview him about his escape, Smith said.
