Ford County Sheriff Mark Doran confirms a 14-hour standoff between police and an armed man in a Paxton house ended just after 7 am today (Friday). The only injury was to the suspect – two self-inflicted wounds that the sheriff said were not life-threatening.

Timothy Donley is the suspect who kept police at bay while he was inside a house on Eastview Drive in Paxton. Donley's wife was able to get outside the house after the episode first started about 4 pm Thursday. The wife told police her husband had made threats and was suicidal.

Paxton Police, Ford County Sheriff deputies, Gibson City officers and Illinois State Police, including a SWAT team, were held at bay last evening then overnight.

Sheriff Doran said the SWAT team did a great job maintaining what could have become a volatile situation. All surrounding homes were evacuated at the request of police. Those evacuated have since been allowed to return home.

Criminal charges are to be filed against Donley. He suffered wounds from bullets fired from his own gun. The man was taken by ambulance to Carle Hospital in Urbana.

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