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AFTER AN APPARENT ***-SUED.
Brooke: GOOD EVENING,
EVERYONE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
A VACANT BUILDING WENT UP IN
FLAMES.
INVESTIGATORS SAY IT WAS ARSON
AND THEY MADE FOUR ARREST AS
SOON AS WE WERE IN ELWOOD AND
FOUND ONE OF THE FOUR SUSPECTS
Reporter: SMOKE STILL BLOWING
FROM THE ASHES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKED THERE,
AND IT'S HARD TO SEE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS GO BY THE WAY SIDE.
Reporter: A RESERVE OFFICER
AND FORMER MAYOR IS MAKING SURE
WHAT IS LEFT IS SECURE FROM
ONLOOKERS.
IT'S SAD , VERY SAD 37 THE
FIRE COST $175,000 IN DAMAGE WAS
STARTED FRIDAY EVENING.
THIS HOUSES CITY GOVERNMENT AND
FIRST RESPONDERS.
POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE
CALLED TO HELP OUT WITH THIS
FIRE AT 6:00 FRIDAY NIGHT.
IT TURNS OUT ONE OF THE FOUR
SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF STARTING
OFFICE IN BETWEEN.
THERE IS A CONNECTION TO CITY
HALL FROM ONE OF THESE SUSPECTS,
THAT'S CORRECT.
Reporter: THE MAYOR'S SON IS
ONE OF THE FOUR TEENAGERS
SUSPECTS OF STARTED THIS FIRE.
THE MAYOR SENT OUT THIS
STATEMENT IN RESPONSE.
QUOTE, AS DIFFICULT AS THIS
SITUATION IS AS MAYOR, IT IS
MADE MORE DIFFICULT BY THE FACT
THAT MY SON IS ONE OF THE
JUVENILES INVOLVED.
THIS REVELATION HAS BEEN
DEVASTATING TO ME IN MY FAMILY,
AND WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS AS WE
WALK THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME
FOR OUR CITY AND MY FAMILY.
FOR THE FORMER MAYOR, TAYLOR
SAID THE FACT THAT NO ONE WAS
SERIOUSLY INJURED, ONE
FIREFIGHTER WAS TREATED FOR
SMOKE INHALATION AND THE
SUSPECTS ARE UNDER ARREST IS THE
BEST CASE F.