10/09/2007

Associated Press

A gunman who holed up in his van in downtown Rockport after a police chase is in jail after he surrendered to police.

Indiana State Police Sgt. Chad Dick says William L. Rush, of Cloverport, Ky., surrendered peacefully about 4:15 p.m. Monday after a standoff that began about 1 p.m.

Police were pursuing the man after a domestic disturbance when he stopped his van near a grocery store and refused to come out. Police say he was armed with a handgun and was alone.

Rush is being held on charges of resisting arrest and a probation violation out of Kentucky.

Officials in the town about 30 miles east of Evansville held students from going home during the standoff.

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Information from: Evansville Courier & Press, http://www.courierpress.com