Photographer: Robin Scholz

Police with their guns drawn stand outside the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust in Arcola.

Photographer: John Dixon

Members of the State Police Tactical Response Team after the gunman surrendered Thurday evening.

Photographer: John Dixon

From left, Douglas County Sheriff Charlie McGrew, Sgt. Bill Emery of the Illinois State Police and Arcola Police Chief Mike Phillips answer questions from the media at a press conference at the Arcola Senior Center on Thursday.

Photographer: John Dixon

Police walk past a staging area near the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust.

Photographer: John Dixon

Local, area and state police block the intersection of U.S. Route 45 and Illinois 133.

Photographer: John Dixon

Police surround First-Mid Illinois Bank and Trust.

Photographer: John Dixon

Jim McLane, father of Brad Pullen, the last hostage held at the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust, talks to a reporter after learning that Pullen had been released.

Photographer: John Dixon

Members of the Illinois State Police Tactical Response Team secure the scene at the First Mid-Illinois Bank in Arcola after a gunman held hostages there for seven hours on Thursday, June 21, 2007.

Photographer: John Dixon

Members of the Illinois State Police Tactical Response Team secure the scene after the gunman surrendered.

Photographer: John Dixon

Illinois State Police check the scene at the First Mid-Illinois Bank after the gunman surrendered.

Photographer: John Dixon

A state trooper secures a van at Springfield Road at Oak Street in Arcola.

Photographer: John Dixon

The rear window of a van used by gunmen, one of whom escaped the van and held hostages in the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Police officers set up between grain bins at the elevator across Route 45 during hostage negotiations.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

David VanDeveer, left, and Leonard Roberts, both off Arcola, play Dirty Marbles in the senior center portion of the Arcola Center, during a press conference, shown live on the TV in the background, during hostage negotitations outside the First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust. The activity did not distract them from thier game, which they play every day but Sundays, the said.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

An armored vehicle approaches U.S. 45 between the grain elevator, left, and the bank (on right, not in picture) during hostage negotiations.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

The vehicle driven by the gunmen on Illinois 133 just east of the railroad tracks in Arcola. A man who lived nearby said he saw police pull the driver right through the window.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Police look south on U.S. 45 toward the bank.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Police look east on Illinois 133 toward First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Police stand behind a car on Illinois 133.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Law enforcement personnel stand outside the command post.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Two of the bank hostages that were released walk with police.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

The scene looking south on U.S 45 during the hostage situation.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

People wait near the high school during the hostage negotiations.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

SWAT team members put on their gear.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Family members of hostages are taken to the command post.

Photographer: Daniel Williams

Illinois State Police Sgt. Bill Emery, left, and Arcola Police Chief Mike Phillips speak to reporters and local citizens on the status of the hostage situation.

Photographer: Daniel Williams

Illinois State Police Sgt. Bill Emery follows family members of hostages into a nearby garage west of First-Mid Illinois Bank and Trust.