{"id":742926,"date":"2026-07-04T14:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/742926\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T14:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T14:58:10","slug":"glen-ellyn-news-lake-ellyn-park-closed-4th-of-july-glen-ellyn-park-district-freedom-four-run-canceled-amid-police-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/742926\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Ellyn news: Lake Ellyn Park closed, 4th of July Glen Ellyn Park District Freedom Four Run canceled amid police investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WLS logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/origin-wls.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, July 4, 2026 1:13PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC7 Chicago 24\/7 Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (WLS) &#8212; An ongoing police investigation led to the cancellation of a Fourth of July event in the west suburbs on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Glen Ellyn police said Lake Ellyn Park is closed and asked residents to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">There will be an increased police presence, but there is no active safety threat, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Glen Ellyn Park District Freedom 4 Run has been canceled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Police did not immediately provide further information about the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Saturday, July 4, 2026 1:13PM GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (WLS) &#8212; An ongoing police investigation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[319199,4,450,319197,319194,319188,319195,319189,319190,319198,319196,319193,319191,451,319192,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-742926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-319199","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-freedom-4-glen-ellyn","tag-freedom-four-glen-ellyn","tag-glen-ellyn","tag-glen-ellyn-4th-of-july","tag-glen-ellyn-il","tag-glen-ellyn-illinois","tag-glen-ellyn-news","tag-glen-ellyn-park-district","tag-glen-ellyn-park-district-freedom-4-run","tag-glen-ellyn-police","tag-headlines","tag-lake-ellyn-park","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}