Antioch shelter-in-place-lifted, suspect at-large: PD

(KRON) – The Antioch Police Department lifted a shelter-in-place order that was issued Saturday night. 

At 6:45 p.m. on Dec. 28, Antioch police officers responded to the 47000 block of Knoll Park Circle for a ShotSpotter notification. 

Antioch PD said there were several reports that the suspect, later identified as 30-year-old Marlon Wheeler, shot at his girlfriend. Police said the gunfire struck a vehicle and a nearby residence.

The girlfriend along with her three children were able to leave the residence “unharmed,” according to police. 

Responding officers were informed that Wheeler was barricaded in the residence, which was also where he lived. Antioch Police Department’s SWAT and Crisis Negotiations teams responded to de-escalate. The department issued a shelter-in-place for nearby residents. 

Hours later, the SWAT team entered the residence and realized Wheeler was not home. 

The shelter-in-place was lifted around 1 a.m., according to police. 

Anyone with information regarding Wheeler’s whereabouts to contact the Antioch Police Department. Police said he is considered to be “armed and dangerous.” Antioch PD asks residents not to make contact with him.