Deputies shot, suspect injured in incident near Dixon, Illinois – NBC Los Angeles

Three Illinois sheriff's deputies were shot and a suspect injured during a SWAT incident Wednesday near Dixon.

The Ogle County Sheriff's Department confirmed it was called to a home just before 9 a.m. in the 400 block of Wild Rice Lane after a family member expressed concern for a resident living at this address.

“This individual had threatened not only suicide, but homicide,” Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said.

A SWAT team was activated at the scene shortly after officers arrived, but after hours of failed attempts and dozens of unanswered calls to the resident inside, deputies from a “surge response team” “emergency” entered the house, VanVickle said.

That's when gunfire broke out.

“Immediately after entering the house, the deputies were fired upon,” VanVickle told reporters shortly after the incident.

Three police officers were shot along with a suspect inside the home. All were transported to area hospitals, and medical helicopters and ambulances were called to the scene.

Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon confirmed to NBC Chicago that three people injured in the incident were transported to their hospital. Of those, two were treated and released, but the condition of the third person was not immediately known.

VanVickle said no deaths have been reported, but no additional conditions have been released.

A heavy police presence was reported in the area where the incident occurred. Authorities noted that officers and first responders from surrounding cities and counties as well as the Illinois State Police were all on scene.

Illinois State Police are investigating what happened.

Check back for more on this developing story.